“…The anti-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoid hormones have been well documented in mammals (Bogg et al, 1964;Northover, 1964;Thompson & Van Furth, 1970). In fish, studies have been made of the effects on circulating blood leucocyte numbers (Weinreb, 1958), chemical and surgically-induced inflammation (Weinreb, 1959) the antibody response (Anderson et al, 1982), serum components (White & Fletcher, 1982), and the susceptibility to fungal and bacterial infection (Pickering & Duston, 1983).…”