Evaluating the use of Lactobacillus acidophilus as a biocontrol agent against common pathogenic bacteria and the effects on the haematology parameters and histopathology in African catfish Clarias gariepinus juveniles

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-209

  Al Dohail, Mohammed Abdullah ^a,b   Hashim, Roshada ^a   Aliyu Paiko, Mohammed ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b HADHRAMOUT UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Blood; Clarias gariepinus; Fish diseases; Histopathology; Lactobacillus acidophilus; Pathogenic bacteria; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; GLUCOSE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JUVENILE; PATHOGEN; PROBIOTICS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TELEOST;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MARTES PENNANTI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 78651231349     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02606.x     Document Type: Article

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