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Toxic effects of ammonia exposure on growth performance, hematological parameters, and plasma components in rockfish, Sebastes schlegelii, during thermal stress

  • Shin, Ki Won (Aquatic life disease control division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Kim, Shin-Hu (Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Jun-Hwan (Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Hwang, Seong Don (Aquatic life disease control division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Kang, Ju-Chan (Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2016.10.18
  • Accepted : 2016.12.02
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

Rockfish, Sebastes schlegelii (mean length $14.53{\pm}1.14cm$ and mean weight $38.36{\pm}3.45g$), were exposed for 4 weeks with the different levels of ammonia in the concentrations of 0, 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 mg/L at 19 and $24^{\circ}C$. The indicators of growth performance such as daily length gain, daily weight gain, condition factor, and hematosomatic index were significantly reduced by the ammonia exposure and high temperature. The ammonia exposure induced a significant decrease in hematological parameters, such as red blood cell (RBC) count, white blood cell (WBC) count, hemoglobin (Hb), and hematocrit (Ht), whose trend was more remarkable at $24^{\circ}C$. Mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were also notably decreased by the ammonia exposure. Blood ammonia concentration was considerably increased by the ammonia concentration exposure. In the serum components, the glucose, glutamic oxalate transaminase (GOT), and glutamic pyruvate transaminase (GPT) were substantially increased by the ammonia exposure, whereas total protein was significantly decreased. But, the calcium and magnesium were not considerably changed.

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