The effect of dietary administration of the fungus Mucor circinelloides on non-specific immune responses of gilthead seabream

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-249

  Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a   Cuesta, Alberto ^a   Esteban, M Ángeles ^a   Meseguer, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.); Innate immunity; Leucocytes; Lycopene; Mucor circinelloides; carotene

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 10744223546     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-4648(03)00082-2     Document Type: Article

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