Effect of two Chinese herbs (Astragalus radix and Scutellaria radix) on non-specific immune response of tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Aquaculture

Volumn 253, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 39-47

  Yin, Guojun ^a,c   Jeney, Galina ^b   Racz, Timea ^b   Xu, Pao ^a   Jun, Xie ^a   Jeney, Zsigmond ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE RESPONSE;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; SCUTELLARIA; TILAPIA;

EID: 33644972004     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.06.038     Document Type: Article

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