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Catfish blood chemistry under environmental stress

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Blood chemistry ofHeteropneustes fossilis exposed to sewage, fertilizers and inseticides showed signs of anemia, dehydration and disturbance in the pituitary-interrenal endocrine axis and the excretory function of gills. Hepatic and renal tissue damage was also indicated.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Gorakhpur, 273001, Gorakhpur, India

    P. N. Srivastava & A. S. Narain

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Financial grant from U.P. State Counc. Sci. Technol., India, is acknowledged.

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Srivastava, P.N., Narain, A.S. Catfish blood chemistry under environmental stress. Experientia 41, 955–957 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01970031

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