CHANGES IN BODY WEIGHT GAIN OF BLUE TILAPIA, OREOCHROMIS AUREUS DURING LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO SUBLETHAL CONCENTRATIONS OF FORMALIN | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 26, Volume 78, Issue 4, December 2000, Pages 1801-1810 PDF (3.1 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2000.400989 | ||
| Author | ||
| HOSAM H. H. ABBAS | ||
| Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research, Agricultural Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Giza, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The effect of sublethal concentrations of formalin on the weight gain of blue tilapia fingerlings was investigated under laboratory conditions during a 12 weeks exposure period at concentrations of 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 mg/l and 0.00 (control). Due to this exposure, the weight gain was depressed in the fish. This depression was directly proportional to the formalin concentrations. However, at 2 mg/I concentration, no significant depression in weight gain (P>0.05) was observed in the tested fish. Precautions in the successful use of formalin in the treatment of external bacterial and parasitic infections in aquaculture fields are discussed | ||
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