Cellular immune responses consist of innate and adaptive cell-mediated immune
mechanisms, where all leukocyte subpopulations are included. Among these are vital …

The understanding of fish immune system structure and function is essential for the
development of new technologies and products to improve productivity. This is the first …

Toxicity tests were conducted simulating a diesel oil spill in a tropical environment and
juveniles of Prochilodus lineatus were exposed to the water-soluble fraction of diesel oil …

The aim of this study was to identify the times of anesthetic induction and recovery in slender
seahorses (Hippocampus reidi) that were exposed to the essential oil of Lippia alba (EO), as …

Lysine is the reference essential amino acid in fish feeds and usually the most limiting amino
acid in feedstuffs. The dietary lysine requirement of juvenile pacu Piaractus mesopotamicus …

In this study some physiological responses of “tambaqui” Colossoma macropomum
submitted to capture and handling stress were evaluated. Changes were observed in red …

Haematopoiesis and blood cells' functions can be influenced by dietary concentration of
nutrients. This paper studied the effects of dietary protein: energy ratio on the growth and …

The effects of dietary supplementation with 12.6, 58.2 and 310.4 mg of vitamin E/kg dry diet
on the hematology response of pacus (Piaractus mesopotamicus), submitted to different …

The effects of capture (chasing, netting and air exposure) on cortisol, glucose, chloride,
sodium, potassium and calcium concentrations, osmolality, hematocrit, hemoglobin …

This work is a sequence of studies on tropical fish of economic importance that evaluated
the effects of two different stress of handling on the physiology and haematology of …