The effects of starvation on digestive tract function and structure in juvenile southern catfish (Silurus meridionalis Chen)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-211

  Zeng, Ling Qing ^a,b   Li, Feng Jie ^a   Li, Xiu Ming ^a,b   Cao, Zhen Dong ^b   Fu, Shi Jian ^b   Zhang, Yao Guang ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Digestive enzymes; Food; GI tract; Morphology; Oxygen consumption; Respiratory frequency; Silurus meridionalis; Starvation

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; PEPSIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; LIVER; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SILURUS MERIDIONALIS; STARVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; SILURUS MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 84860440117     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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