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Impact of an Endocrine Disrupter, Carbaryl on the Fresh Water Fish Catla catla


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1 Department of Zoology, Vellalar College for Women, Erode – 638012, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Freshwater fish, Catla catla were subjected to endocrine disrupting compound (EDC), a carbamate pesticide (carbaryl) for an acute concentration. The median lethal concentration (LC50) was 14.99 mg l-lfor 24 h. Haematological parameters like red blood cell (RBC), white blood cell (WBC) haemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) was significantly altered in the carbaryl treated fish. The current study points that the pesticide carbaryl was toxic to freshwater fish and the results from the haematological parameters serve as the useful nonspecific biomarkers.

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Carbaryl, C. catla, Blood, Haematological Parameters.
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  • Impact of an Endocrine Disrupter, Carbaryl on the Fresh Water Fish Catla catla

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Authors

Manickam Sangeetha
Department of Zoology, Vellalar College for Women, Erode – 638012, Tamil Nadu, India
Mathan Ramesh
Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Freshwater fish, Catla catla were subjected to endocrine disrupting compound (EDC), a carbamate pesticide (carbaryl) for an acute concentration. The median lethal concentration (LC50) was 14.99 mg l-lfor 24 h. Haematological parameters like red blood cell (RBC), white blood cell (WBC) haemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) was significantly altered in the carbaryl treated fish. The current study points that the pesticide carbaryl was toxic to freshwater fish and the results from the haematological parameters serve as the useful nonspecific biomarkers.

Keywords


Carbaryl, C. catla, Blood, Haematological Parameters.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/sijrs%2F2017%2Fv4i1%2F172393