Multitiered health assessment of Atlantic menhaden in the Pamlico River, North Carolina

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 205-214

  Johnson, A K ^a   Law, J M ^b   Harms, C A ^b   Levine, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FISH; FISH DISEASE; LIVER; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RIVER; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; SPLEEN; UNITED STATES;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; LIVER; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RIVERS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN ULCER; SPLEEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS;

EID: 39749087692     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/H06-018.1     Document Type: Article

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