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Department of Fisheries, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch, Tonekabon, Iran.
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Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Sowmehsara, Iran.
Abstract
In recent years, common carp cultivation has been proposed for cage culture in the Caspian Sea during the warm seasons, but there is no data available on the effects of water salinity on the physiology of this fish, especially at low weights. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of different salinity of water on hematological parameters, including red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin concentration (Hb), hematocrit percentage (Hct), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), white blood cell count (WBC), and and differential count of white blood cell in this fish with an average weight of 5.53±0.57 g were designed. In this experiment, four treatments, including 5, 13, 20 and 30 ppt and fresh water (as a control) were considered for 8 weeks. The results showed that with increasing water salinity, the amount of all studied hematological factors changes significantly (p < /em><0.05). However, changes in the hemoglobin in different treatments were not statistically significant (p < /em>>0.05). The results of differential white blood cell count showed a significant increase in neutrophils and monocytes due increasing water salinity (p < /em><0.05).
Kazemein, M., Mousavi-Sabet, H., & Ghomi, M. R. (2020). Effect of different water salinities on hematological parameters of juvenile common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Aquaculture Sciences, 8(1), 167-174.
MLA
Morteza Kazemein; Hamed Mousavi-Sabet; Mohammad Reza Ghomi. "Effect of different water salinities on hematological parameters of juvenile common carp (Cyprinus carpio)". Aquaculture Sciences, 8, 1, 2020, 167-174.
HARVARD
Kazemein, M., Mousavi-Sabet, H., Ghomi, M. R. (2020). 'Effect of different water salinities on hematological parameters of juvenile common carp (Cyprinus carpio)', Aquaculture Sciences, 8(1), pp. 167-174.
VANCOUVER
Kazemein, M., Mousavi-Sabet, H., Ghomi, M. R. Effect of different water salinities on hematological parameters of juvenile common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Aquaculture Sciences, 2020; 8(1): 167-174.
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