Effect of cadmium on blood of tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters), during prolonged exposure

Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01700200· OSTI ID:6142843

Ruparelia, S G; Verma, Y; Saiyed, S R ^[1]; Rawal, U M ^[2]

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1. National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad (India)
2. Gujarat Univ., Ahmedabad (India)

Cadmium is recognized as one of the most hazardous environmental pollutants and is toxic to many living organisms. Experimental and environmental exposure to cadmium has been reported to cause disease in humans and other mammals. Recent reviews on cadmium have reported on acute and subacute effects on fish, mechanisms of toxicity, the role of toxicity modifying factors and various sublethal effects, i.e., hematological and biochemical disorders. However, very little information is available on the subacute effects of cadmium on fish blood exposed in hard water. The present investigation, therefore, was carried out to observe the effects of cadmium on the blood of tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) in hard and alkaline water to determine whether cadmium causes changes in blood of fish kept in hard water in the same way it causes changes in blood of fish kept in soft water.

• OSTI ID: 6142843
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA), Journal Name: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA) Vol. 45:2; ISSN 0007-4861; ISSN BECTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY FLUIDS
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
EEL
ERYTHROCYTES
FISHES
GLOBINS
HEMATOLOGY
HEMOGLOBIN
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MEDICINE
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PIGMENTS
PORPHYRINS
PROTEINS
VERTEBRATES