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- Title
Haematological and blood biochemical characteristics of Glyptosternum maculatum (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) in Xizang (Tibet).
- Authors
Huijuan Zhang; Congxin Xie; Dapeng Li; Dongmei Xiong; Haiping Liu; Sizhu Suolang; Peng Shang
- Abstract
This study investigated the haematological and blood biochemical characteristics of Glyptosternum maculatum. The haematological and biochemical parameters were measured in 30 adult fish collected from Nyingchi Reach of Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet. The red blood cell count (RBC), haemoglobin concentration (Hb), haematocrit (Hct), erythrocyte osmotic fragility (maxEof and minEof), the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, mean cell volume (MCV), mean cellular haemoglobin content (MCH), and mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were determined. Compared with other Siluriformes fishes, G. maculatum showed similar mean values for Hct, Hb, MCH, and MCHC and had slightly lower RBC and higher MCV. The biochemical parameters were assayed including alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase, total protein, albumin, globulin, albumin/globulin ratio, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, urea, creatinine, glucose, total cholesterol, and triglyceride. The result showed that the value of AST in G. maculatum was obviously higher than that in Rhamdia quelen as well as in Silurus merdionalis.
- Subjects
TIBET (China); CHINA; SILURUS; HEMATOLOGY; BLOOD sedimentation; ERYTHROCYTES; ALANINE aminotransferase; ASPARTATE aminotransferase
- Publication
Fish Physiology & Biochemistry, 2010, Vol 36, Issue 3, p797
- ISSN
0920-1742
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10695-009-9354-2