Challenge trials on the anthelmintic effect of drugs and natural agents against the monogenean Heterobothrium okamotoi in the tiger puffer Takifugu rubripes

Aquaculture

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Hirazawa, Noritaka ^a   Ohtaka, Taro ^a   Hata, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic efficacy; Caprylic acid; Essential oil; Heterobothrium okamotoi; Praziquantel; Tiger puffer

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FISH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

EID: 0034257140     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(00)00334-3     Document Type: Article

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