Alternative matrices for cortisol measurement in fish

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1261-1267

  Bertotto, Daniela ^a   Poltronieri, Carlo ^a   Negrato, Elena ^a   Majolini, Duilio ^a   Radaelli, Giuseppe ^a   Simontacchi, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative matrices; Cortisol; Fish; Radioimmunoassay; Transport stress

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; IMMUNOASSAY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLASMA; SALMONID; SAMPLING;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 77954693809     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02417.x     Document Type: Article

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