Dietary carnitine maintains energy reserves and delays fatigue of exercised African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fed high fat diets;Carnitina dietética mantem reservas energéticas e evita a fatiga de bagre-Africano durante exercício

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 208-213

  Ozório, Rodrigo ^a   Van Ginneken, Vincent ^b   van den Thillart, Guido ^b   Verstegen, Martin ^a   Verreth, Johan ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catfish; Exhaustive swimming; Intensive aquaculture; Lipid metabolism; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849430335     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162005000300002     Document Type: Article

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