|
|
|
|
Effect of different stocking densities on haematological and biochemical
parameters of great sturgeon juveniles (Huso huso Linnaeus, 1758)
|
Mazdak Aalimahmoudi1*, Siamak Salehipour
Bavarsad2 and Saeid Moghdani3 |
1Department of Fisheries Sciences, College of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad
University, Ahvaz, Iran; 2The Administration Fisheries of
Khouzestan Province, Ahvaz, Iran; 3Young Researchers and
Elite Club, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran
|
|
Abstract |
The influence of stocking
density (1.5, 3 and 6 kg/m2) was investigated on weight,
haematological and biochemical parameters of great sturgeon (H. huso)
juveniles for a period of 8 weeks. After 8 weeks of rearing, the mean
weight was 527.27±6.82g, 467.91±18.81g and 431.02±24.25g in densities of
1.5, 3 and 6 kg/m2, respectively with no significant
differences among treatments (P>0.05). A significant difference (P<0.05)
was observed in haematocrit and eosinophil at treatment 1.5 kg/m2
on 30th and 60th
day of rearing period, but the other haematological parameters including
red blood cells (RBC), and lymphocyte, neutrophil and monocyte showed no
significant effect with stocking density (P>0.05). WBC count showed
significant increase in 1.5, 3 and 6 kg/m2 at 60 day of the
experiment. Cortisol and glucose increased significantly on day 30 at
the level of 3 kg/m2. Our results showed that rearing density
had no major effect on the growth and some haematological parameters
suggesting that great sturgeon exhibited lower stress responses to high
stocking density. However, increasing stocking density exhibited
significant effect on eosinophil, haematocrit and WBC count as well as
cortisol and glucose.
|
Keywords:
Huso
huso; haematological parameters; growth; biochemical
parameters; stocking density |
|
To cite this article:
Aalimahmoudi M, SS
Bavarsad and S Moghdani, 2015.
Effect of different
stocking densities on haematological and biochemical parameters of great
sturgeon juveniles (Huso huso Linnaeus, 1758).
Res.
Opin.
Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(8): 348-352. |
|
|