Effects of mercuric chloride and sodium selenite on some immune responses of blue gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus (Pallus)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 153-164

  Low, K W ^a   Sin, Y M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blue gourami; Immunotoxicology; Mercuric chloride; Sodium selenite

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SODIUM SELENITE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KIDNEY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MURAMIDASE; SODIUM SELENITE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032543447     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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