Immune response of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, to whole cells of different Nocardia seriolae strains

Fisheries Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 489-494

  Shimahara, Yoshiko ^a,b   Huang, Yun Fen ^a   Tsai, Ming An ^a   Wang, Pei Chi ^a   Chen, Shih Chu ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immune response; Immunization; Largemouth bass; Nocardia seriolae; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SERIOLAE;

EID: 77951977420     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-010-0239-1     Document Type: Article

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