| immune response of greenback flounder rhombosolea tapirina after exposure to contaminated marine sediment and diet. | non-specific immune response of greenback flounder, rhombosolea tapirina, exposed to contaminated marine sediments was examined. reference sediments from port sorell and contaminated sediments from deceitful cove, tasmania, australia were investigated. hatchery-reared flounder were exposed to reference sediment, contaminated sediment or contaminated sediment and diet for 6 weeks. phagocytic capacity and lysozyme response in flounder were examined on cessation of exposure trial. significant diffe ... | 2000 | 11460731 |
| first isolation of an aquatic birnavirus from farmed and wild fish species in australia. | during routine sampling and testing, as part of a systematic surveillance program (the tasmanian salmonid health surveillance program), an aquatic birnavirus was isolated from 'pin-head' (fish exhibiting deficient acclimatisation on transfer to saltwater) atlantic salmon salmo salar, approximately 18 mo old, farmed in net-pens located in macquarie harbour on the west coast of tasmania, australia. the isolate grows readily in a range of fish cell lines including chse-214, rtg-2 and bf-2 and is ne ... | 2000 | 11129376 |