Dexamethasone treatment increases susceptibility of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), to infections with Gyrodactylus derjavini Mikailov

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-38

  Lindenstrom T ^a   Buchmann, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; PARASITE INFECTION; RAINBOW TROUT;

GYRODACTYLUS DERJAVINI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031910246     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.1998.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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