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found in farmed fish, such as Vibrio anguillarum, Aeromonas salmonicida or. Yersinia ruckeri (Kajita et al., 1990; Raa et al., 1992; Baulny et al., 1996; Mulero.
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Immunomodulatory effects of dietary intake of chitin on gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.) innate immune system M. A. ESTEBAN, A. CUESTA, J. ORTUÑO AND J. MESEGUER* Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain (Received 2 June 2000, accepted after revision 10 October 2000) To determine the e#ects of chitin (poly [1