Evaluation of the addition of ascorbic acid to the ration of cultivated Piaractus mesopotamicus (Characidae) on the infrapopulation of Anacanthorus penilabiatus (Monogenea)

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 655-658

  Martins, M L ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anacanthorus penilabiatus; Ascorbic acid; Fish; Infestation; Monogenean; Piaractus mesopotamicus

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FISH; GILL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION;

ANIMALIA; CHARACIDAE; DACTYLOGYRIDAE; MONOGENEA; PIARACTUS MESOPOTAMICUS;

EID: 0031832621     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1998000500008     Document Type: Article

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