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Comparison of blood
indices in healthy and fungal infected Caspian salmon (Salmo
trutta caspius)
H. R. Jamalzadeh1*, A. Keyvan1,
M. R. Ghomi2, F. Gherardi3
1Department
of Marine Biology, Islamic Azad University of Research and
Science Campus, 14515-755, Tehran, Iran.
2Department
of Fisheries Sciences, Islamic Azad University of Tonekabon,
46817, Tonekabon, Iran.
3Dipartimento
di Biologia Animale Genetica, Universita di Firenze, Via
Romana 17, 50125, Firenze, Italy.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
hamidreza_jamalzadeh@yahoo.com.
Accepted
2 December, 2008 |
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Hematological parameters were measured for 27 healthy and 20
fungal infected Caspian salmon. White blood cells (WBC),
neutrophile, and eosinophile have higher values (P < 0.05)
in fungal infected fishes than healthy Caspian salmon. The
other parameters like hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (HCT), red
blood cells (RBC), lymphocyte, and monocyte were greater in
healthy Caspian salmon. Weight of healthy fishes had
positive significant correlation with WBC. However, a
negative correlation was seen between length and weight of
fungal infected samples and WBC.
Key
words:
Blood indices, Caspian salmon, fungal infected and healthy
Salmo trutta caspius. |
