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Notes: Suitability of a Cyanoacrylate Adhesive to Close Incisions in Black Crappies Used in Telemetry Studies
Author(s) -
Petering Raymond W.,
Johnson David L.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1991)120<0535:nsoaca>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - cyanoacrylate , adhesive , fish <actinopterygii> , surgery , medicine , biology , fishery , chemistry , layer (electronics) , organic chemistry
We compared healing rates of incisions closed with sutures or a cyanoacrylate adhesive to determine the suitability of adhesive in closing incisions in black crappies Pomoxis nigromaculatus used in telemetry studies. Postoperative survival of test fish and control fish was 100% over the course of the experiment. Use of adhesive reduced surgery time by 38% but sutured incisions healed faster. Within 21 d postsurgery, 70% of fish implanted with dummy transmitters lost transmitters through incisions closed with adhesive.