Prophylactic effects of chemicals and immunostimulants in experimental Tetrahymena infections of guppy

Fish Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Ponpornpisit, Aranya ^a   Endo, Makoto ^b   Murata, Hisashi ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Experimental infection; Guppy; Immunostimulant; Poecilia reticulata; Prophylaxis; Tetrahymena pyriformis

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; POECILIA RETICULATA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0035635977     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.36.1     Document Type: Article

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