Toxicity of intraperitoneally injected ivermectin in sea bream, Sparus aurata

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-108

  Katharios, P ^a   Iliopoulou Georgudaki, J ^a   Kapata Zoumbos, K ^b   Spiropoulos, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fish; Hematology; Ivermectin; Parasite; Sea bream

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IVERMECTIN; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE DISORDER; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FISH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; SEA BREAM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMONIDAE; SPARUS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 14244271014     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020574810332     Document Type: Article

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