The effect of dietary immunostimulation on antimicrobial peptide expression in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and their potential role in defence against pathogens

Understanding that disease is a limiting factor to the aquaculture industry together with the knowledge that drugs and chemotherapeutics can cause newly resistant bacterial strains, has driven attention to finding new prophylactic measures to control diseases that include vaccination and the use of...

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Main Author: Casadei, Elisa
Published: University of Aberdeen 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.554280