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Gill histopathological indicators in pikeperch Sander lucioperca larvae reared in a flow-through system: effect of clay-turbid water

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The aim of the present study was to compare the weight, specific growth rate, length, Fulton’s condition factor, survival, mortality, cannibalism and gill histopathology (HP) of pikeperch Sander lucioperca (L. 1758) larvae (12 days post-hatch larvae; weight 2.8 ± 0.9 mg) that were cultured in either clear (10 NTU) or clay-turbid water (35 NTU) during a 14-day interval, with an additional 7 days of rearing in clear water for both groups. Though higher survival was found in turbid water treatment (15.4 ± 1.0% vs. 9.4 ± 3.6%), none of the parameters differed significantly between groups, except during the first 4 days of the trial when turbid water significantly decreased the mortality of pikeperch larvae. Concerning HP alterations, a difference between groups in this study was confirmed, since hyperplasia of epithelium and total HP index were statistically higher in the group reared in turbid water. The majority of HP alterations increased during the course of the trial in both groups. The findings in this study confirmed some benefits of using kaolin clay in larval rearing of pikeperch but also showed some adverse effects on the morphology of their branchial apparatus.

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Abbreviations

HP:

Histopathology

DPH:

Days post-hatch

NTU:

Nephelometric turbidity units

T:

Turbid water

C:

Clear water

FCF:

Fulton’s condition factor

SGR:

Specific growth rate

HE:

Haematoxylin and eosin

RAS:

Recirculating aquaculture system

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Acknowledgements

Considerable gratitude goes to Robert Summerfelt for his generous help through shared knowledge, literature and experience.

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The study was financed by the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture project “Improvement of artificial propagation of economically important percid fish species (pikeperch, perch) with special regards to geographical distribution”. Special acknowledgement is addressed to EU FP-7 project AQUAREDPOT (316266) for supporting the researchers involved and to Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (TR31075).

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    Uroš Ljubobratović, Endre Balogh, Svetlana Lengyel, Gyula Kovàcs & András Rónyai

  2. University of Belgrade - Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Nemanjina 6, Zemun, Belgrade, 11080, Serbia

    Božidar Rašković & Vesna Poleksić

  3. Research Department of Irrigation and Water Management NAIK ÖVKI, Anna Liget 35, Szarvas, 5540, Hungary

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Ljubobratović, U., Rašković, B., Balogh, E. et al. Gill histopathological indicators in pikeperch Sander lucioperca larvae reared in a flow-through system: effect of clay-turbid water. Aquacult Int 27, 1079–1091 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-019-00393-3

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