Hypoxia increases susceptibility of Pacific white shrimp to whitespot syndrome virus (WSSV)

The present study aimed to evaluate the mortality, reactive oxygen species production (ROS) and total hemocyte counts (THC) of the marine shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei infected with the white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) at three levels of oxygen saturation. For this, 360 shrimp (20±2g) were distributed...

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Main Authors: M. Lehmann, D.D. Schleder, C. Guertler, L.M. Perazzolo, L. Vinatea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2016-04-01
Series:Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352016000200397&lng=en&tlng=en