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Automated chemical analysis in fish health assessment *
Author(s) -
Smith A. C.,
Ramos F.
Publication year - 1980
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.1095-8649.1980.tb02777.x
Subject(s) - mugil , biology , mucus , fishery , milkfish , fish <actinopterygii> , oreochromis mossambicus , mullet , zoology , ecology , aquaculture , tilapia
Before and after application of severe, debilitating stress, automated chemical analysis was applied to the skin mucus and the serum of four subsistence fish species: Chanos chanos, Mugil cephalus, Sarotherodon macrochir and S. mossambicus . Certain tests were found to reflect the stress effects. Future use of these tests may be on an individual, less expensive basis. Greater use of mucus for analysis is suggested because it is more accessible and less traumatically obtained than blood.