Growth performance, survival and immunostimulation, of Beluga (Huso huso) juvenile following dietary administration of alginic acid (Ergosan)

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-232

  Ahmadifar, E ^a   Azari Takami, Gh ^c   Sudagar, M ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alginic acid; Humoral immune system; Huso huso; Immunostimulation

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BELUGA WHALE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GROWTH RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

HUSO HUSO;

EID: 56349094378     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.227.232     Document Type: Article

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