Protective effects of dietary L-carnitine on tilapia hybrids (Oreochromis niloticus x Oreochromis aureus) reared under intensive pond-culture conditions

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-63

  Schlechtriem, C ^a   Bresler, V ^b   Fishelson, L ^b   Rosenfeld, M ^b   Becker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Defence mechanisms; Fluorescent microscopy; Histopathology; MXRtr; SATOA; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS AUREUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 2342574932     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2095.2003.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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