Response of aerial respiratory organs of the air-breathing catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch) to extreme stress of desiccation

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-68

  Parashar, Ram Sanehi ^a   Banerjee, Tarun Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Accessory respiratory organs; Air breathing catfish; Desiccation; Heteropneustes fossilis; Histopathology; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033447557     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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