Effects of dietary ascorbic acid supplementation on the growth performance, immune and stress response in juvenile Leiocassis longirostris Günther exposed to ammonia

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1628-1638

  Liu, Haiyan ^a,b,d   Xie, Shouqi ^a,c   Zhu, Xiaoming ^a   Lei, Wu ^a   Han, Dong ^a   Yang, Yunxia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c University of Shanghai   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Chinese longsnout catfish; Dietary ascorbic acid; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE; FISH CULTURE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JUVENILE; REARING; SERUM; STEROL; TELEOST; VITAMIN;

LEIOCASSIS LONGIROSTRIS;

EID: 55349118189     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.02036.x     Document Type: Article

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