BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS FOR Piaractus mesopotamicus, Colossoma macropomum (Characidae) AND HYBRID TAMBACU (P. mesopotamicus X C. macropomum)

Authors

  • Marcos Tavares-Dias Embrapa Amapá
  • Flávio Ruas Moraes Centro de Aquicultura da UNESP(CAUNESP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i2.1364

Keywords:

Animal Sanity

Abstract

A study for investigating the values of plasma glucose, serum total protein and serum ions  (calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium and chloride) was carried out in young Colossomoma macropomum Cuvier, 1818, Piaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg, 1887 and the hybrid tambacu (P. mesopotamicus x C. macropomum), kept in intensive system. Glucose concentrations were higher in tambacu than in P. mesopotamicus and C. macropomum. Total protein levels were higher in P. mesopotamicus than both C. macropomum and tambacu. C. macropomum presented higher concentrations of sodium and chloride, while P. mesopotamicus had higher concentrations of potassium and magnesium. However, levels of calcium were similar for the species studied. The hybrid tambacu showed the smallest levels of total protein, and intermediate levels of sodium, potassium, magnesium and chloride, compared to  both P. mesopotamicus and C. macropomum. Baseline values for healthy fish in aquaculture were established, and they may be used for further comparisons in studies with wild populations of P. mesopotamicus and C. macropomum.

KEYWORDS: Biochemistry, blood, Colossoma macropomum, freshwater fish, Piaractus mesopotamicus.

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Author Biographies

Marcos Tavares-Dias, Embrapa Amapá

É pesquisador A da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Apropecuária do Amapá (EMBRAPA-AP) na área de Sanidade de Organismos Aquáticos, atuando nas linhas de doencas, hematologia e parasitologia de peixes e camarão, além de aquicultura.

Flávio Ruas Moraes, Centro de Aquicultura da UNESP(CAUNESP)

Médico Veterinário, professor titular da cadeira de Patologia do Departamento de Patologia Animal da FCAV, UNESP, Jaboticabal. Vice-Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação do CAUNESP

Published

2010-06-23

How to Cite

TAVARES-DIAS, M.; MORAES, F. R. BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS FOR Piaractus mesopotamicus, Colossoma macropomum (Characidae) AND HYBRID TAMBACU (P. mesopotamicus X C. macropomum). Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 2, p. 363–368, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i2.1364. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1364. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

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Veterinary Medicine

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