Annual variation of complement, lysozyme and haemagglutinin levels in serum of the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 479-481

  Hernández, Adriana ^a,b   Tort, Lluís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agglutination; Complement; Lysozyme; Sea bream; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; SPARUS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 10744228473     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-4648(03)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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