Project number: 1996-323
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $49,823.71
Principal Investigator: Brian Jones
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date: 8 Aug 1996 - 11 Jun 1999
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To investigate the usefulness of the in-vitro tissue culture bioassay to detect and quantify paralytic shellfish poisons (saxitoxin family) in shellfish.
2. To compare the results obtained by the tissue culture bioassay with those obtained by mouse bioassay and HPLC techniques.

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