Protection of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus against experimental edwardsiellosis by formalin-killed Edwardsiella tarda in combination with oral administration of immunostimulants

Fisheries Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 527-530

  Ashida, Takayuki ^a   Okimasu, Eiji ^a   Ui, Masatoshi ^a   Heguri, Mitsuhiro ^a   Oyama, Yasuaki ^a   Amemura, Akinori ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agglutination titer; Curdlan; Edwardsiella tarda; Formalin killed cell (FKC); Immunostimulant; Oral immunization

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244227528     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.65.527     Document Type: Article

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