Delivery of selenium using chitosan nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, and antioxidant and growth effects in Nile tilapia (Orechromis niloticus)

• Juliana M. Araujo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Rodrigo Fortes-Silva ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fortesrs@yahoo.com.br (RFS); d-gatlin@tamu.edu (DMG); carmen@iastate.edu (CLG)

  Current address: Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  ¶‡ These authors are Joint Senior Authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Laboratory of Feeding Behavior and Fish Nutrition, Center of Agricultural, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil

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• Cícero C. Pola,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Fernando Y. Yamamoto,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5561-9586

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• Delbert M. Gatlin III ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fortesrs@yahoo.com.br (RFS); d-gatlin@tamu.edu (DMG); carmen@iastate.edu (CLG)

  ¶‡ These authors are Joint Senior Authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, Texas, United States of America

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• Carmen L. Gomes

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fortesrs@yahoo.com.br (RFS); d-gatlin@tamu.edu (DMG); carmen@iastate.edu (CLG)

  ¶‡ These authors are Joint Senior Authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0095-6478

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