Total plasma proteins and hemoglobin levels as affected by worm burden in freshwaterfish in Morogoro, Tanzania

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Mlay, P S ^a   Seth, M ^a   Balthazary, S T ^a   Chibunda, R T ^a   Phiri, E C J H ^a   Balemba, O B ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Anisakis spp.; Catfish; Freshwater fish; Hemoglobin; Plasma proteins; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ANISAKIS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS UROLEPIS; SILURIDAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 33846953945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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