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Comparison of serum enzyme activity in great sturgeon, Huso huso, cultured in brackish and freshwater earth ponds in Iran

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Blood samples were collected from 60 great sturgeons, Huso huso, to establish the following serum enzyme activity: aspartate amino-transferase (AST), alanine amino-transferase (ALT), lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase (CK), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) using an autoanalyzer, and acid phosphatase (ACP) by manual method. Thirty 5-year-old cultured fish were caught from each of two sites; a brackish-water earth pond in Bafgh and a freshwater pond in Gorgan in the centre and northeast of Iran, during May 2006. Results of the serum enzymes activity for H. huso samples from Bafgh and Gorgan were: AST, 502.9 ± 258.2 and 436.1 ± 186.8; ALT, 104.4 ± 35.1 and 53.1 ± 38.7; LDH, 3094.2 ± 1277.5 and 2486.3 ± 1393.3; CK, 3632.9 ± 2618.7 and 3967 ± 5054.9; ALP, 281.2 ± 112.7 and 762.2 ± 600.2; ACP, 13.3 ± 2.5 and 33 ± 6.8 IU/L. Mean values of ALT, ALP and ACP were significantly different in the fish from the two sites (p < 0.05). These results may be used to understand some biological (e.g., serum enzyme activity) and ecological characteristics of cultured H. huso.

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This study was supported in part by the Iranian Fisheries Research Organization. Many thanks to Dr. Sharif-Rohani, Dr. Hossein-Zadeh, Mr. Sarsangi and Mr. Mohamadi for cooperation.

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  1. Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, Brackishwater Fisheries Research Station, P. O. Box: 89715/1123, Bafgh, Yazd, Iran

    Farhad Rajabipour & Nassrin Mashaii

  2. Faculty of Veterinary, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran

    Davar Shahsavani

  3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran

    Ali Moghimi

  4. Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, # 297, West Fatemy Ave., Tehran, Iran

    Shahla Jamili

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Rajabipour, F., Shahsavani, D., Moghimi, A. et al. Comparison of serum enzyme activity in great sturgeon, Huso huso, cultured in brackish and freshwater earth ponds in Iran. Comp Clin Pathol 19, 301–305 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-009-0871-2

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