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Changes of Stress Response and Physiological Metabolic Activity of Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus Following to Food Deprivation and Slow Temperature Descending  

Myeong, Jeong-In (Genetics and Breeding Research Center, NFRDI)
Kang, Duk-Young (West Sea Fisheries Research Institute, NFRDI)
Kim, Hyo-Chan (Genetics and Breeding Research Center, NFRDI)
Lee, Jeong-Ho (Genetics and Breeding Research Center, NFRDI)
Noh, Jae-Koo (Genetics and Breeding Research Center, NFRDI)
Kim, Hyun-Chul (Genetics and Breeding Research Center, NFRDI)
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Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.23, no.2, 2011 , pp. 87-94 More about this Journal
Abstract
To find the preliminary environmental conditions for a short-time transport of living olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, the stress response and physiological metabolic activity of the cultured fish to feed deprivation and slow temperature descending ($15.8^{\circ}C{\rightarrow}13.3^{\circ}C$) were monitored for 8 days. The monitored variables were the plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), glucose (GLU), total protein (TP), electrolytes ($Na^+$, $K^+$, $Cl^-$) and thyroid hormones ($TT_4$, $TT_3$, $FT_4$ and $FT_3$). In food deprivation experiment for 8 days, we did not find any statistical change of level in AST, ALT and electrolytes ($Na^+$, $K^+$, $Cl^-$), but found a significant decrease in TP and GLU. In thyroid hormones, the levels of four hormones in plasma were all showing a tendency to decrease. Especially, $FT_4$ and $TT_3$ were significantly decreased, indicating a withering of physiologic activity. In the temperature test, although no any significant change in AST, TP and electrolytes ($Na^+$, $K^+$, $Cl^-$), we observed a significant decrease of ALT and GLU following to temperature descending from $15.8^{\circ}C$ to $13.3^{\circ}C$ (P<0.05). In the levels of thyroid hormones, any significant change was not observed for experimental period. We conclude that the stress response and physiological activity of olive flounder were more influenced by feed deprivation than slow temperature descending at a transport of living fish, and plasma GLU appears to be sensitive factor to physiological metabolic activity, indicating that it could be used as a monitering mark or index for a health inspection of the fish.
Keywords
Flounder; feed deprivation; temperature descending; stress; physiological activity;
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