Comparative efficacy of four anaesthetic agents in the yellow seahorse, Hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852)

Aquaculture

Volumn 311, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 155-161

  Pawar, H B ^a   Sanaye, S V ^a   Sreepada, R A ^a   Harish, V ^a   Suryavanshi, U ^a   Tanu, ^a   Ansari, Z A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

2 phenoxyethanol; Benzocaine; Clove oil; Induction time; MS 222; Recovery time

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH CULTURE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; VEGETABLE OIL;

HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS KUDA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 78651499510     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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