Enhanced immune response and resistance to white tail disease in chitin-diet fed freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Chitin is one of the natural biopolymer found abundantly in the shells of crustaceans, insects and in cell walls of fungi. In this study, we determined the effect of dietary administration of 0.5, 0.75 and 1% chitin on the immune response and disease resistance in freshwater prawn, challenged agains...

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Main Authors: B.T. Naveen Kumar, H. Shivananda Murthy, Prakash Patil, Pradeep L. Doddamani, Rajreddy Patil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:Aquaculture Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513415000162