effects of ambient copper was investigated on serum stress markers, sodium and enzyme levels in common carp ( cyprinus carpio l.) over a 14-d exposure period. fish were exposed to 0, 25 and 100 μg l -1 copper (as copper sulfate) and blood was sampled at 0, 3, 7 and 14 d after exposure. serum profile was significantly affected by copper concentration, sampling time and their interaction. increas...

fish larvae have a high requirement of amino acid (aa) for energy production and growth. this study was aimed to increase knowledge of aa profile during feral carp larval ontogeny and estimate larval aa requirements. larvae were collected randomly at 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 26 and 33 days post hatch for growth and aa analysis. the composition of total aa changed significantly during ontogeny. the ...

the hazardous effect of heavy metals on the histopathology of selected organs of the freshwater fish common carp (cyprinus carpio l.) was investigated. gill, liver, kidney and flesh samples were collected after 32 days of exposure to a sublethal concentration of 5 mg/l of combined (cd + pb + cr + ni) metal solution containing 1.25 mg/l of each metal ion (1/10th of lc50 / 48h) was analyzed by us...

A spontaneous seminoma in a 3 yr old male koi carp Cyprinus carpio L. is described. The animal, presenting a symmetric abdominal enlargement, showed a celomatic multinodular, white-yellowish and firm mass that infiltrated the liver and the intestine wall. Histologically, the neoplasm was non-encapsulated and poorly demarcated, showed invasive growth and was characterized by a lobular architectu...

The effect of ploidy on scale-cover pattern in linear ornamental (koi) common carp Cyprinus carpio was investigated. To obtain diploid and triploid linear fish, eggs taken from a leather C. carpio female (genotype ssNn) and sperm taken from a scaled C. carpio male (genotype SSnn) were used for the production of control (no shock) and heat-shocked progeny. In heat-shocked progeny, the 2 min heat...

The use of marker-based pedigrees is increasing in aquaculture breeding, and obtaining high assignment rates is necessary for practical use of this methodology. In this paper, we used 12 real parentage assignment datasets from three species (European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax, common carp Cyprinus carpio and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss) to investigate the relationships between theoret...

Leptin is a key factor in the regulation of food intake and is an important factor in the pathophysiology of obesity. However, more than a decade after the discovery of leptin in mouse, information regarding leptin in any nonmammalian species is still scant. We report the identification of duplicate leptin genes in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). The unique gene structure, the conservation of bo...