Archives


International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences Research Article

Effect of arsenic on haemetological parameters of freshwater fish, Channa punctatus (Bloch)

S. Vanitha, A. Amsath, K. Muthukumaravel and J. Sugumaran

Year : 2017 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 117-121

doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1311725

Received on: 12/28/2016

Revised on: 05/26/2017

Accepted on: 06/01/2017

Published on: 06/26/2017

  • S. Vanitha, A. Amsath, K. Muthukumaravel and J. Sugumaran( 2017).

    Effect of arsenic on haemetological parameters of freshwater fish, Channa punctatus (Bloch)

    . International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 2( 3), 117-121.

  • click to view the cite format


Abstract

The study was conducted to investigate the effect of sublethal concentration of heavy metal Arsenic (NaAsO2) exposure on haematological parameters such as red blood cells (RBC), Haemoglobin (Hb), white blood cells (WBC) and clotting time (CT) in the blood of fresh water fish, Channa punctatus The present study shows the level of RBC and Hb were significantly decreased simultaneously the WBC significantly increased due to arsenic exposure. While the clotting time also increased with exposure. Thus the present study concludes that the hematological parameters of fish of Channa punctatus affected by exposure to arsenic. Further the duration of exposure determines the rate the impact on blood parameters.

Keywords

Channa punctatus, Arsenic, Haemoglobin, RBC, WBC.

  • Full Article PDF ( 2287)

  • View HTML Article
  • Copy Rights

    © The Author(s) 2025. This article is published by International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (creativecommons.org), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.