Effects of an experimental challenge with Mycobacterium marinum on the blood parameters of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1757)

A hundred adult of tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, were inoculated intraperitoneally with 10(8) c.f.u. of Mycobacterium marinum. Other 100 speciemns were maintained without inoculation. Blood samples of six inoculated animals were collected at 01, 03, 07, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56 and 84 days after...

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Main Authors: Maria José Tavares Ranzani-Paiva, Carlos Massatoshi Ishikawa, Augusta Cocuzza das Eiras, Vivian Risaffi da Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2004-11-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132004000600014