Assessment of some specific and nonspecific immune responses of beluga (Huso huso) following exposure to organophsphte diazinon

• Main Authors: Khoshbavar Rostami, Hossein Ali, Sharifpour, I., Mehrabi, M.R., Zahedi, A., Ghiyasi, M., Aghlmandi, F.
• Format: Book
• Language: Persian
• Published: Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute 2007
• Subjects: Biological; Non-biological; Chemical; Biochemical; Histhopathological; Sturgeon; Huso huso; Diazinon; Immune system; Blood factors; LC50 96h; Migration; Spawning; Larvae; Kilka; Toxicity; Aeromonas hydrophila; Lymphocyte; Gills; Beluga; Beluga*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/12923

Nowadays, the offspring of sturgeon species in the Caspian Sea is under danger because of biological and non-biological impacts such as pollution and illegal catching as well as dams obstacles of fish migration to the upstream of the rivers for the spawning. One of the most practical way to protect and maintain the natural stocking of these valuable species in the sea is artificial propagation and releasing of the produced larvae into the sea and the entering rivers as Iran Fishery Organization is currently producing about 22 million larvae per year according to the forth national plan of the country. However, protecting these natural resources of these species from the toxic chemicals is a critical issue because of high level pollution of their natural environment. In this research work an attempt was made to evaluate the toxicity of diazinon and its effect on some specific and nonspecific immune parameters of these sturgeon species in particular great sturgeon in order to give some recommendations for improving of their natural environment. A number of 300 fish weighing 12±2 g from great sturgeon obtained from sturgeon farms in Golestan states were used. Fish were transported to the Caspian Sea institute of ecology and were kept in 2000 L tanks with well aeration. Fish were fed commercial feed containing Kilka meal. The water quality parameters consisting of NO2, NH3, pH, DO and hardness were <0.1, 0 mg.l, 0.02mg/l, 7.9, 7-9/1 mg/l, and 145 mg/l, respectively. The acute toxicity of diazinon was assessed in beluga (Huso huso) and some of hematological and biochemical parameters of the survival fish examined. The obtained LC50-96 hours was 5.63 mg/l for Huso huso. Also, the obtained results showed that RBC, HB and PCV were significantly lower in the survival fish than the control fish. However, level of MCV in test groups was higher than control groups (P<0.05). Also, leucocytes count level was different between the test and control groups. Also, no difference was observed in level of enzymes of ALD, AST, ...