Grading the Occurrence of Scoliosis Seen in Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869)

• Published in: Journal of Anatolian Environmental and Animal Sciences
• Main Author: DUMAN, Selçuk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Bülent VEREP 2019
• Subjects: Acipenser baerii,Grading method,Scoliosis,Sturgeon; Acipenser baerii; Siberian sturgeon
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jaes/issue/47567/552819; https://doi.org/10.35229/jaes.552819

Scoliosis (lateral curvature of the spine) is ahealth problem that is encountered in fishes. Swimming ability of fishesdiagnosed with scoliosis is limited and therefore malnutrition occurs.Consequently, some health problems may encountered in these fishes. The aim ofthis study was to determine to what extent fishes diagnosed with scoliosis areaffected from this disease by developing a grading method that can conductphysical measurements of scoliosis detected in Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869). Ourstudy was carried out on 34 scoliotic Siberian sturgeons obtained from acommercial fish farm, 61.3±9.7 cm in length and 694.9±15.2 g in weight. According to this method that wehave created to measure the degree of scoliosis in Siberian sturgeon, 1°-18.9°was defined as presence of scoliosis, 19° and above was defined as severescoliosis. In the measured scolioticfishes, were detected presence of scoliosis in 14 fishes (41.18%) and severescoliosis in 20 fishes (58.82%).