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Effects of electrofishing on stress response of wild carp (Cyprinus carpio, L.)

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Electrofishing is commonly used by fishery scientists for collecting fishes. During such work, fishes are often exposed to air for several minutes which lead to deleterious impacts. The purpose of the current paper was to compare hematological and biochemical parameters of wild carp when electrofishing device was applied. Hematology and serum biochemical analyses were performed. The result showed significant differences (p < 0.05) in white blood cells (WBC), cortisol, glucose, total protein, albumin, globulin, and albumin-globulin ratio between control and treatment groups. Also, electrofishing caused an increase in cortisol, glucose, cholesterol, albumin, albumin-globulin ratio, Ca2+, and Cl− levels, but decreased lactate, triglyceride, total protein, globulin, Mg2+, and Na+ levels. It can be deduced from this study that electrofishing method for fish capture provide stressful condition which subsequently influential on body homeostasis through some biochemical factors.

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The handling of the fish during blood sample collection was done humanely in accordance with the Ethics and Regulation Guiding the Use of animals as approved by the Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources on Biological and Research ethics.

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Gharacheh, M. Effects of electrofishing on stress response of wild carp (Cyprinus carpio, L.). Comp Clin Pathol 27, 817–820 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-018-2687-4

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