The efficacy of a commercial β-glucan preparation, EcoActiva™, on stimulating respiratory burst activity of head-kidney macrophages from pink snapper (Pagrus auratus), sparidae

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 661-672

  Cook, Mathew T ^a,b   Hayball, Peter J ^b   Hutchinson, Wayne ^c   Nowak, Barbara ^d   Hayball, John D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunostimulation; LPS; Pagrus auratus; PMA; Respiratory burst; Snapper; glucan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035214067     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.2001.0343     Document Type: Article

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