Morphological development of larval cobia Rachycentron canadum and the influence of dietary taurine supplementation

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1470-1491

  Salze, G ^a   Craig, S R ^b   Smith, B H ^c   Smith, E P ^d   Mclean, E ^e  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Virginia Cobia Farms LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Ministry of Fisheries Wealth   (Oman)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Lateral line; Neuromast; Ontogeny; S.E.M.; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PERCIFORMES; TAURINE;

RACHYCENTRON CANADUM;

EID: 79955493824     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02954.x     Document Type: Article

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