Effect of dietary supplementation with taurine, β-alanine and GABA on the growth of juvenile and fingerling Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 242-248

  Kim, Shin Kwon ^a   Takeuchi, Toshio ^a   Yokoyama, Masahito ^b,c   Murata, Yuko ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

alanine; Fingerling; GABA; Growth; Japanese flounder; Juvenile; Taurine

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 0038711931     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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