Histopathological Changes In Liver And Muscle Of Tilapia Fish From Qire Exposed To Concentrations Of Heavy Metals

• Main Author: Udotong, Justina I. R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Degenerative changes; heavy metal; hepatocyte necrosis; histopathology; toxicity.; Myers; Ritola; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1107357; https://zenodo.org/record/1107357

Toxicity of copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and iron (Fe) to Tilapia guinensis was carried out for 4 days with a view to determining their effects on the liver and muscle tissues. Tilapia guinensis samples of about 10 - 14cm length and 0.2 – 0.4kg weight each were obtained from University of Calabar fish pon...