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Changes in serum parameters of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, and Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., infected with Renibacterium salmoninarum
Author(s) -
BRUNO D. W.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2761.1986.tb01005.x
Subject(s) - salmo , rainbow trout , biology , brown trout , zoology , bilirubin , fish <actinopterygii> , sodium , blood urea nitrogen , fishery , creatinine , endocrinology , chemistry , organic chemistry
. Bacterial kidney disease was induced experimentally in rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, and Atlantic salmon, S. salar L., and selected serum parameters measured over a 35‐day period. In those fish which became infected a significant increase in the erythrocyte sedimentation rate and in the serum levels of bilirubin, blood urea nitrogen and potassium were recorded. A significant decrease in total serum protein, cholesterol and sodium also occurred in these fish. Electrophore‐tic analysis of serum proteins showed the fast migrating fraction was reduced before the slower migrating material in infected fish.