Common carp spawning characteristics were compared between season and out-of-season periods. There were no differences in the percentage of ovulation, spermatozoa motility and embryo survival to the eyed-egg-stage between the spawning periods. Fish spawned during the season produced oocytes of higher total weight than those spawned out-of-season. On the day exogenous feeding began, larvae obtai...

JAVMA, Vol 231, No. 6, September 15, 2007 F medicine has been a relatively small discipline of veterinary attention in the past because of many factors, the most important of which is the perceived value of pet and ornamental fish. As more people invest in expensive species, such as koi and various reef species, the demand to provide a higher level of care for these animals is increasing. This ...

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is DNA shed by organisms into surrounding environments such as soil and water. The new methods using eDNA as a marker for species detection are being rapidly developed. Here we explore basic knowledge regarding the dependence of the eDNA degradation rate on time and water temperature, and the relationship between eDNA degradation and bacterial abundance. This subject ha...

Water, sediment and fish samples of East Kolkata wetland were monitored using GC-ECD for residues of organochlorinated (OC) and synthetic pyrethroid (SP) pesticides. Among the OCs, HCH (α, β,  and ) were detected in water (0.02 – 0.1 μg/L) and in Cyprinus carpio (1.23-8.9 μg/kg) but none in sediments or in Oreochromis mossambicus. In Cirrhinus mrigala only α-HCH was recorded. In case of DDTs,...

Increased renal ammonia excretion in response to metabolic acidosis is thought to be a conserved response in vertebrates. We tested the hypothesis that Rhesus (Rh) glycoproteins in the kidney of the freshwater common carp, Cyprinus carpio, play a crucial role in regulating renal ammonia excretion during chronic metabolic acidosis. Exposure to water pH 4.0 (72 h) resulted in a classic metabolic ...

Thin-section studies of the sino-auricular border region in the hearts of 20 species of teleost fish revealed the cardiac internuncial cell (CIC), hitherto known only in Misgurnus, to occur also in 8 species (Acheilognathus lanceolatus, Carassius auratus longsdorffii, Cyprinus carpio, Girella punctata, Kareius bicoloratus, Rhodeus ocellatus ocellatus, Rhyncopelates oxyrhynchus, Tilapia nilotica...

The present study was designed to investigate acute toxicity of dimethoate on juvenile Cyprinus carpio var. communis. Fishes weighing 10 ± 2 gms were selected and mortality data was statistically evaluated by Finney's Probit Method. The 96-hour LC50 value for Cyprinus carpio was found as 1.1 ppm in static bioassay system. Mean values of physicochemical parameters of aquarium waters determined d...

Static, short-term, acute toxicity tests were performed over a period of 96 hrs using different concentrations of influent and effluent of textile industry waste water with the objective of evaluating their acute toxicity on fresh water fish, Cyprinus carpio (common carp). The LC50 24, 48, 72 and 96 hr of influent and effluent were 25.9, 21.10, 15.66, 11.11% (v/v) and 63.18, 54.89, 48.62, 36.04...