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Dietary vitamin E and the response of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), to infection with Yersinia ruckeri
Author(s) -
Furones M. D.,
Alderman D. J.,
Bucke D.,
Fletcher T. C.,
Knox D.,
White A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1992.tb02731.x
Subject(s) - rainbow trout , yersinia ruckeri , biology , vitamin , fishery , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , endocrinology
Rainbow trout fed diets containing 7, 86 or 806 mg vitamin E kg −1 for 22 weeks were exposed to virulent Yersinia ruckeri by bath or injection. Mortalities were always least among those fed the highest concentration of vitamin E but serum antibody production was not affected by vitamin E levels.