The garlic component, allicin, prevents disease caused by Aeromonas hydrophila in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 293-300

  Nya, E J ^a   Dawood, Z ^a   Austin, B ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Allicin; Immunostimulation; Inhibition; Non specific immune defence; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LYSOZYME; SULFINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FISH DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RAINBOW TROUT; TIME;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FISH DISEASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMIDASE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SULFINIC ACIDS; SUPEROXIDES; TIME FACTORS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 77953891927     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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