Histopathology of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) experimentally infected with mycobacterium marinum and treated with streptomycin and garlic (Allium sativum) extract

Aquaculture

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-17

  Colorni, Angelo ^a,c   Avtalion, Rami ^b   Knibb, Wayne ^a   Berger, Evelyn ^a   Colorni, Barbara ^a   Timan, Bracha ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allicin; Dicentrarchus labrax; Histopathology; Mycobacteriosis; Streptomycin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032518869     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00234-2     Document Type: Article

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