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Haematological studies on four catfish species raised in freshwater ponds in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Erondu E. S.,
Nnubia C.,
Nwadukwe F. O.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0426.1993.tb00401.x
Subject(s) - biology , catfish , port harcourt , serology , aquaculture , veterinary medicine , freshwater fish , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , immunology , medicine , socioeconomics , sociology , antibody
Summary A study of the haematological and serological parameters (ethrocyte and leucocyte numbers, haematocrit, haemoglobin, blood group and genotype) is reported for four freshwater, pond‐cultured catfish groups from the fish farm of the African Regional Aquaculture Centre, Aluu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Erythrocyte and leucocyte counts showed intra‐species variability, while fish size was found to be negatively correlated to haemoglobin concentration and haematocrit values; these are significant at P = 0.05 level. The serological results obtained were found to be similar to the pattern in humans.