TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of Transportation Stress on Haematological Parameters of Blackchin Tilapia <I>Sarotherodon melanotheron</I>
AU - , O.A. Akinrotimi AU - , E.J. Ansa AU - , K.N. Owhonda AU - , D.N. Onunkwo AU - , O.M. Edun AU - , P.E. Anyanwu AU - , J.Y. Opara AU - , P.T. Cliffe 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 6
IS  - 7
SP  - 841
EP  - 845
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2007.841.845
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2007.841.845
KW  - Transportation
KW  -haematology
KW  -oxygen
KW  -black chin tilapia
KW  -stress
AB  - Effects of transportation induced stress, on the haematology of <I>Sarotherodon melanotheron</I> was investigated. One hundred and twenty adult male and female <I>S. melanotheron</I> mean weight (44.24 g &plusmn;0.26) and mean length (14.12 cm&plusmn;0.34) were harvested at low tide from the recruitment ponds of the African Regional Aquaculture Centre, Brackish water research fish farm, Buguma, Rivers State, Nigeria and transported, live in 2 groups (with and without oxygen) over a distance of about 50 km by road. The results obtained showed a significant reduction (p< 0.05) in mean values of Haemoglobin (Hb), Packed Cell Volume (PCV) Leukocrit (LCT), Red Blood Cell (RBC) and the Thrombocytes (Thromb). While the numbers of White Blood Cell (WBC), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH), Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Neutrophils (Neut) Lymphocytes (Lymph) and Monocytes (Mon) increased. The variation in these  parameters, were more observable in the fish transported without oxygen, than the aerated samples. There were immediate and delayed mortalities which was very high in the fish transported without oxygen.
ER  -