Dose-dependent influences of dietary β-1,3-glucan on innate immunity and disease resistance of hybrid striped bass Morone chrysops × Morone saxatilis

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1578-1584

  Li, Peng ^a   Wen, Qin ^a   Gatlin III, Delbert M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucan; Hybrid striped bass; Immunostimulant; Morone

Indexed keywords

DIET; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYBRID; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INNATE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POLYSACCHARIDE; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORONE; MORONE CHRYSOPS; MORONE SAXATILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE;

EID: 70349342904     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02257.x     Document Type: Article

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