Dietary onion and ginger enhance growth, hemato-immunological responses, and disease resistance in brown-marbled grouper, epinephelus fuscoguttatus

AACL Bioflux

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 231-239

  Apines Amar, Mary Jane S ^a   Amar, Edgar C ^b   Faisan, Joseph P ^b   Pakingking, Rolando V ^b   Satoh, Shuichi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^b SOUTHEAST ASIAN FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (Philippines)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Ginger; Grouper; Innate immunity; Onion

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS FUSCOGUTTATUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84864603222     PISSN: 18448143     EISSN: 18449166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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