Protective effect of cutaneous antibody produced by channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque), immune to Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Fouquet on cohabited non-immune catfish

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 287-291

  Xu, De Hai ^a   Klesius, P H ^a  

^a AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel catfish; Cutaneous antibody; Ichthyophthirius; Protection

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; WATER;

ANTIBODY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FISH CULTURE; INDUCED RESPONSE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATFISH; CILIATE; FISH DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; ICTALURIDAE; IMMUNIZATION; SKIN; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CATFISH; CILIOPHORA; ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS; ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0038685940     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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