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Subordination stress in Nile tilapia and its effect on plasma lysozyme activity
Author(s) -
Caruso D.,
Lazard J.
Publication year - 1999
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.1095-8649.1999.tb00690.x
Subject(s) - nile tilapia , lysozyme , biology , subordination (linguistics) , zoology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , oreochromis , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy
Dominant Nile tilapia had significantly higher lysozyme activity than did subordinate fishes (α=0·05). Plasma lysozyme level was not correlated with sex, parental origin, rearing length, weight, condition factor or rearing density.