Stability of some commonly measured blood-chemistry variables in juvenile salmonids exposed to a lethal dose of the anaesthetic MS-222

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1146-1149

  Congleton, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinook salmon; Cholesterol; Electrolytes; Enzymes; Plasma; Total protein

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; JUVENILE; SALMONID CULTURE;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33746871446     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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