Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10971432 Developmental & Comparative Immunology 2015 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

- “Health status” of the fish more correlated to hemoglobin than to parasite load.
- Higher spontaneous and zymosan-triggered respiratory burst in parasitized fish.
- Lower antibacterial and anti-parasite activity in parasitized fish.
- Antibody and inflammatory response not significantly affected by parasite presence.
- Antibody and inflammatory response correlated to intensity of parasite infection.
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