Maternal blood, egg and larval thiamin levels correlate with larval survival in landlocked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2456-2466

  Fisher, Jeffrey P ^a,c   Brown, Scott B ^b,d   Wooster, Gregory W ^a   Bowser, Paul R ^a  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Pentec Environmental Inc   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Cayuga syndrome thiaminase; Early mortality syndrome; Vitamin deficiency

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER; THIAMINE; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EMBRYO; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SALMON; SURVIVAL RATE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; DIET; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HYDROLASES; MALE; NEW YORK; OVUM; SALMO SALAR; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; ANIMALIA; CLUPEIDAE; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0032424327     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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