Haematologic and immunologic parameters of bullfrogs, Lithobates catesbeianus, fed probiotics

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1064-1071

  Dias, Danielle de Carla ^a   De Stéfani, Marta Verardino ^a   Ferreira, Cláudia Maris ^b   França, Fernanda Menezes ^b   Ranzani Paiva, Maria José Tavares ^b   Santos, Antenor Aguiar ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESCA   (Brazil)

^c Adventist University Center of São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Frog farming; Haematology; Macrophage migration; Phagocytes

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84855526912     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02390.x     Document Type: Article

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