Excessive dietary levamisole suppresses growth performance of hybrid striped bass, Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis, and elevated levamisole in vitro impairs macrophage function

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1380-1383

  Li, Peng ^a   Wang, Xiaoxue ^a   Gatlin III, Delbert M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid striped bass; Immunostimulant; Levamisole; Morone

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH CULTURE;

CHRYSOPS; MORONE; MORONE CHRYSOPS; MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 9344220452     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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