Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Start Over

Filtering by: Subject Rickettsial diseases in animals File Format application/pdf Subject Chinook salmon -- Diseases -- Nutritional aspects

A microcytic anemia of juvenile chinook salmon resulting from diets deficient in vitamin E

Creator:

Whitmore, Cecil M. and Oregon. Fish Commission

Abstract:

An anemia of juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is described and stages of development separated by recognizable syndromes. A vitamin E-deficient diet of low rancidity produced a severe microcytic anemia with strong immature red cell response and granulocytosis occurring 2 to 4 weeks before a drop in hemoglobin and hematocrit...

Resource Type:

Technical Report

Full Text:

DIETS DEFICIENT IN VITAMIN E Cecil M. Whitmore FISH COMMISSION OF OREGON Portland, Oregon