Copper exposure reduced the resistance of the catfish Saccobranchus fossilis to Aeromonas hydrophila infection

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 490-495

  Khangarot, B S ^a   Rathore, R S ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MINING; SEPTICEMIA; WATER POLLUTION;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; CATFISHES; COPPER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032911462     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900902     Document Type: Article

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