Toxicity and pathological effects of orally and intraperitoneally administered ivermectin on sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-76

  Athanassopoulou, F ^a   Ragias, V ^b   Roth, M ^c   Liberis, N ^d   Hatzinikolaou, S ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b Kavala Fishing Cooperation   (Greece)

^c Aquaculture Solutions   (Canada)

^d Simi Aquaculture Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dicentrarchus labrax; Histopathology; Ivermectin; Sea bass; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FISH; IVERMECTIN; TOXICITY;

DICENTRARCHUS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0037038712     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao052069     Document Type: Article

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