edwardsiella tarda is a versatile pathogen that could survive in different environmental conditions and infect economically important fish species. the whole cell antigenic proteins were extracted from e. tarda and assessed via western blot using anti e. trada rohu and anti e. trada rabbit serum. two strong reacted proteins with antibodies were recovered viz 61 kda and 47 kda from sds page gels...

Effect of mercury on blood and its components of fish Labeo rohita was carried out in this study. The LC50 dose of 57.074 mg/L and mercuric chloride exposure for 96 h resulted in significant changes in the physico-chemical properties such as hemoglobin, osmotic fragility and blood cell counts. Further, mercury exposure also caused a considerable reduction in the sulf-hydryl group of glutathione...

Investigations on the incidence of myxozoan parasites (Myxozoa: Bivalvulida) in fishes have assumed immense importance in view of severe pathogenicity and mortality caused by these organisms on their hosts. The present communication records three new species of myxosporeans, Myxobolus calcariferum sp. n.; Myxobolus chinsurahensis sp. n. and Myxobolus mrigalhitae sp. n. from different food fishe...

Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH: 5 x 10(-12)-5 x 10(-8) M) induced a concentration related, rapid and reversible pigment aggregation in innervated melanophores of Labeo rohita. In inducing melanosome aggregation MCH was found to be 10(4) times more potent than norepinephrine. Experiments employing phentolamine and propranolol suggest that MCH acts through its own specific receptors on the me...

Summer season with 30C is taken as control, where as rainy season with 20C is taken as cold stress and winter season with 15C is taken as cold adaptation. During summer season (control) The Acetyl Choline Esterase Increases, fats decreases and fatty acids increases. The fatty acids are utilized by the fish for its strenuous activity during summer. During Rainy, season due to cold stress the fat...

A study was conducted on the economically important fishes Labeo rohita (Hamilton 1822), Tortor (Hamilton 1822) and Labeo calbasu (Hamilton 1822) stocks from the Ken, the Paisuni and the Tons rivers in the Vindhyan region. Asymptotic length was maximum in L. rohita (946, 833 and 962 mm) as compared with T. tor (822, 787 and 946 mm) and minimum in L. calbasu (567, 612 and 692 mm) in the Ken, the...