Scanning Electron Microscopic Observations on the Blood Cells of Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) and the Catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis) Under Piscicide Toxicity
Abstract:
Microtopographical studies on the blood cells of an air-breathing catfish, (Heteropneustes fossilis), and a non-airbreathign fish, common carp (Cyprinus carpio), under the toxic stress of a plant-derivative piscicide, have been made by SEM. Saponin, the active component of the toxicant, Mahua oil cake, is known to have strong hemolytic action. This note describes changes in the surface structure of the erythrocytes on treatment. The resultant physiological implications have been analyzed to judge the response of fish to this toxicity.
Publication Date : 1991-07-01
Volume : 4
Issue : 2
Page : 263-267
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