Effect of sex ratio on the immune system of Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters)

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-308

  Binuramesh, C ^a   Prabakaran, M ^a   Steinhagen, Dieter ^b   Michael, R Dinakaran ^a  

^a LADY DOAK COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; ELISA; Lysozyme; PFC; ROS; Sex ratio; Social; Stress; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LYSOZYME; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FISH; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MALE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TILAPIA;

EID: 33645978055     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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