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Hematological and plasm biochemical values for Rhinogobio ventralis in the Yangtze River, China

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Fish blood parameters can be used as potential indicators for identification of stress caused by environmental factors. This study aimed to establish a “normal” hematological profile for the Rhinogobio ventralis and to provide the basis for future comparative surveys. The hematological and plasma biochemical parameters were measured in the cyprinid species, R. ventralis, collected from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The concentrations of red blood cell count, white blood cell count, hematocrit, hemoglobin, mean corpuscle volume, mean corpuscle hemoglobin, Cl−, Ca2+, creatinine, urea, glucose, plasma total protein, plasma albumin, globulins, triglyceride, cholesterol, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase were obtained. The results revealed that no significant differences were found in the hematological and plasma parameters between different sexes when they were analyzed with the independent samples t test. Compared with other fish species, it is hard to find hematological and plasma parameters that can be used as a species-specific physiological indication, and there were no sex-dependent blood parameters in the present study.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Qiang Ding, Wenjing Tao, Zhongmin Jia, and Chuanjiang Zhou for specimen collection, measurement, and hematological analysis. Mr. Jun Lu and Dr. Zuo gang Peng provided valuable comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. Thanks are also due to Mr. Changkuan Gu, the director of Kaifeng Hydrology and Water Resources Survey Bureau for his support.

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  1. School of Life Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China

    Haipeng Zhao

  2. Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China

    Haipeng Zhao & Yaoguang Zhang

  3. School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Phayao, Phayao, Phayao Province, 56000, Thailand

    Paiboon Panase & Chatmongkon Suwannapoom

  4. Kaifeng Hydrology and Water Resources Survey Bureau, Henan, 450003, China

    Zhisong Zhang & Peng Yao

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Zhao, H., Panase, P., Zhang, Z. et al. Hematological and plasm biochemical values for Rhinogobio ventralis in the Yangtze River, China. Comp Clin Pathol 27, 741–745 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-018-2660-2

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