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- Title
Gesondheidassessering van visgemeenskappe blootgestel aan varkplaasuitvloeisel in die Vaalrivier, Suid-Afrika.
- Authors
Pheiffer, Wihan; Pieters, Rialet
- Abstract
This study evaluated the effects of untreated pig slurry on the general health of the fish communities in the lower Vaal area by using the Fish Health Assessment Index (FHAI) together with morphological biomarkers such as Gonad Mass Index (GMI), Hepato-Somatic Index (HSI), the Condition factor (Cf) and microbial activity.
- Subjects
VAAL River (South Africa); SOUTH Africa; FISH communities; MEDICAL needs assessment; ANIMAL morphology; BIOMARKERS; SLURRY
- Publication
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0254-3486
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4102/satnt.v31i1.344