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Effect of stress on blood coagulation and haematology in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
Author(s) -
Casillas Edmundo,
Smith Lynwood S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1977.tb04081.x
Subject(s) - rainbow trout , salmo , biology , hatchery , trout , clotting time , coagulation , medicine , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , zoology , platelet , immunology
The effect of short‐term stress on blood clotting times, cell counts, haematocrits, and blood glucose levels was studied in a hatchery strain and wild type rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Blood clotting times declined and thrombocyte counts, haematocrits, and blood glucose levels increased after stress in both strains of trout. The wild type of rainbow trout, however, required less time to recover from the stress than the hatchery strain of rainbow trout. The implications of a stress activated blood coagulation system in fish are discussed.