WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Iram Siddique, Yasir Nawaz*, Muhammad Luqman, Asad Abbas, Muhammad Zaman, Hussain Mehdi, Maria Hussain, Muhammad Sajjad Sarwar, Imrana Amir and Fouzia Tanvir

ABSTRACT

This research was conducted for the morphometric characters, hematology and heavy metals detection in Niletilapia fishes from different sites of Punjab. Three sites (River Ravi, Madina fish hatchery Kasur, Head Baloki)were selected to collect fishes. About 20 fishes from Mari Patan, 5 from Madina fish hatchery and 4 from HeadBaloki were collected with nets. The morphometry was noted. Heavy metal detection and hematology wasperformed. The morphometric parameters show length of pectoral fins with average of 3.81±0.92 cm, anal fins3.70±0.62 cm, dorsal fins 7.00±0.66 cm, pelvic fins 3.71±0.57 cm, and caudal fins 3.47±0.53 cm. The anal finsand pelvic fins show significant differences. The fish weight was 5.78±1.623 g. The length with tail was13.56±1.31 cm. The focal length was 11.99±1.65 cm. The fish width with anal fin was 5.78±1.623 cm. The weightshows significant while others show non-significant results. Hematology includes Erythrocytes containing1.60±0.42, Leukocytes with 66.53±21.23, platelets with 92.67±23.08 and Hemoglobin 6.3±0.52. Mean cellularvolume, mean cellular hemoglobin concentration with 29.36±8.23, 179.09±7.38, 43.43±14.81 and 24.83±8.46respectively. Hematology shows non-significant results. Different metals Nickel, Chromium, and Lead showsdifferent concentrations. The order of nickel concentration is muscle>gills>liver, chromium is muscle>gills>liverand of lead is muscle>gills>liver. It is concluded that the morphometric measurements show significantdifferences in anal and pelvic fins. Hematology shows non-significant differences. Heavy metals concentrationshowed random variations. The concentration of nickel was more in muscles then gills, chromium was more inmuscles then gills, and lead was more in muscles then gills.

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