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Acute effects of Ultraviolet-A radiation on African Catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
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Acute effects of Ultraviolet-A radiation on African Catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Alaa El-Din H. Sayed, Ahmed Th Ibrahim, Imam A.A. Mekkawy and Usama M. Mahmoud
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology, Vol.89(2), pp.170-174
14/12/2007
PMID: 17981474

Abstract

African Catfish Biochemical and histopathological parameters Clarias gariepinus Ultraviolet radiation
In the present work, the destructive effects of Ultraviolet-A radiation on the African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus was revealed in terms of total protein, cholesterol, glucose, hemoglobin and erythrocytic indices, differential blood cell counting, heamatocrite, creatinine level, Aspartic Amino Transferase, Alanine Amino Transferase and Alkaline Phosphatase. These destructive effects were also confirmed by histopathological changes in liver, blood corpuscles and skin.

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