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http://dx.doi.org/10.7847/jfp.2017.30.1.025

Hematological and serum biochemical studies in fresh water fish exposed to acute and chronic copper and mercury toxicity  

H.A., Sawsan (Fish Diseases Animal Health Research Institute)
H.M., Amira (Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University)
M.B., Mostafa (Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University)
AM.M., Nashaat (Fish Diseases Animal Health Research Institute)
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Journal of fish pathology / v.30, no.1, 2017 , pp. 25-39 More about this Journal
Abstract
A total number of 668 apparently healthy fish were obtained from farm to study the effect of two heavy metals in a form of (Copper sulfate and Mercuric chloride) on some hematological and biochemical parameters of blood. The $LC_{50}$ /96 hr. of Cu and Hg were estimated and fish exposed to $\text\tiny{^1/_2}$ $LC_{50}$ for 7 days and for $1/_{10}$ $LC_{50}$ for 8 weeks from each product separately. Results showed decrease in RBCs count, PCV% and Hb in acute and chronic mercury while a significant increase was shown in acute and chronic copper toxicity, total leucocytic count showed decrease in acute mercury toxicity and increase in the chronic case, while in copper toxicity non-significant decrease in acute and significant decrease in chronic toxicity was noticed. Elevated serum urea and creatinine in both acute and chronic mercury and copper toxicity was detected. No changes in total bilirubin in the acute mercury and chronic copper toxicity while significant increase in chronic mercury and acute copper. Elevation of serum AST and ALT in some days of acute toxicity of mercury and copper while in chronic mercury toxicity a significant elevation of both serums AST and ALT were detected .while in chronic copper toxicity serum AST was fluctuated and ALT showed no significant changes. CK study revealed significant decrease in acute mercury with fluctuation in the chronic toxicity while in copper toxicity it showed fluctuation in acute and significant decrease in chronic toxicity. Glucose value decreased in acute and chronic mercury toxicity while in copper toxicity it showed significant increase in the acute and increase followed by significant decrease in the chronic copper toxicity.
Keywords
Immunology; Toxicity; Copper; Mercury; Residue; Fish;
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