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Dietary L-Carnitine Supplementation Protected Turbot (Scophthalmusmaximus) Against Streptococcus parauberis Infection

S. Dias Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, ICBAS, Universidade do Porto, Porto, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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R. O. A. Ozório CIMAR/CIIMAR, Centro Interdisciplinar de InvestigaçãoMarinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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J. Gonçalves Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, ICBAS, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; CIMAR/CIIMAR, Centro Interdisciplinar de InvestigaçãoMarinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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F. Gärtner Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, ICBAS, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular daUniversidade do Porto, IPATIMUP, Porto, Portugal
Pages 299-303 | Published online: 16 Nov 2011

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