Haematological profile, food composition and digestive enzyme assay in the gut of the african bony-tongue fish, heterotis (clupisudis) niloticus (cuvier 1829) (osteoglossidae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Fagbenro, O ^a   Adedire, C O ^a   Ayotunde, E O ^a   Faminu, E O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bony tongue fish; Dietary habit; Digestive enzymes; H. niloticus; Haematological profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040782861     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2000.10531125     Document Type: Article

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