Eff ects of a low-radiotoxicity uranium salt (uranyl acetate) on biochemical and hematological parameters of the catfi sh, <i>Clarias gariepinus</i> -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2016,34(1):109-117

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	Khalid. A. AL-GHANIM, Zubair AHMAD, Hmoud F. Al-Kahem AL-BALAWI, Fahad AL-MISNED, Shahid MABOOB, El-Amin M. SULIMAN. Eff ects of a low-radiotoxicity uranium salt (uranyl acetate) on biochemical and hematological parameters of the catfi sh, Clarias gariepinus[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2016, 34(1): 109-117

Eff ects of a low-radiotoxicity uranium salt (uranyl acetate) on biochemical and hematological parameters of the catfi sh, Clarias gariepinus

Khalid. A. AL-GHANIM, Zubair AHMAD, Hmoud F. Al-Kahem AL-BALAWI, Fahad AL-MISNED, Shahid MABOOB, El-Amin M. SULIMAN

Department of Zoology, College of Science, P. O. Box 2455, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract:

Specimens of Clarias gariepinus were treated with lethal (70, 75, 80, 85, 90, and 95 mg/L) and sub-lethal concentrations (8, 12 and 16 mg/L) of uranyl acetate, a low-radiotoxicity uranium salt. The LC 50 value was registered as 81.45 mg/L. The protein and glycogen concentrations in liver and muscles were decreased in the fi sh exposed to sub-lethal concentrations. The red blood cell (RBC) and white blood cell (WBC) counts, haemoglobin (Hb) concentration and haematocrit (Hct) values were decreased. Diff erent blood indices like mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were negatively aff ected. Level of plasma glucose was elevated whereas protein was decreased. The level of calcium concentration (Ca) was declined in the blood of exposed fi sh whereas magnesium (Mg) remains unchanged. The activity level of glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT) was elevated in exposed fi sh. These eff ects were more pronounced in the last period of exposure and in higher concentrations. Results of the present study indicate that uranyl acetate has adverse eff ects on Clarias gariepinus and causes changes in the biochemical and hematological parameters of the fi sh.

Key words: Clarias gariepinus|uranyl acetate|sub-lethal concentration|biochemical and haematological parameters

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