Safety of Florfenicol Administered in Feed to Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.)

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 639-652

  Gaikowski, Mark P ^a   Wolf, Jeffrey C ^b   Schleis, Susan M ^a   Tuomari, Darrell ^c   Endris, Richard G ^c  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^c MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaflor ; florfenicol; medicated feed; tilapia

Indexed keywords

FLORFENICOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELANGIECTASIA; TILAPIA;

AQUAFLOR®; FLORFENICOL; MEDICATED FEED; TILAPIA.;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GILLS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THIAMPHENICOL; TILAPIA;

EID: 84878236688     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623312463986     Document Type: Article

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