Medicinal plant derivatives as immunostimulants: An alternative to chemotherapeutics and antibiotics in aquaculture

Aquaculture International

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1079-1091

  Vaseeharan, Baskaralingam ^a   Thaya, Rajagopalan ^a  

^a ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Aquaculture; Chemotherapeutics; Immunostimulant; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; IMMUNITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84900034708     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: 1573143X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10499-013-9729-3     Document Type: Review

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