HAEMATOLOGICAL AND BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY VALUES OF CULTURED

This study investigated the haematological and blood biochemistry profile of apparently healthy catfish (Heterobranchus longifilis) raised in concrete ponds in South East, Nigeria. A total of 20 fishes of two age ranges and equal sexes were used and determination of haematological and blood biochemical profile followed standard procedures. Results obtained for the parameters assessed for the young adults and adults respectively are summarized as follows: Packed cell volume- 29.67 ± 0.73 % and 33.00 ± 0.87%, haemoglobin concentration- 10.26 ± 0.45 g/dl and 11.04 ± 0.32 g/dl, red blood cell count – 2.46 ± 0.04 x 106/µl and 2.39 ± 0.04 x 106/µl, mean corpuscular volume-120.68 ± 3.61 fl and 141.42 ± 2.83 fl, mean corpuscular haemoglobin – 41.97 ± 1.16 pg and 45.69 ± 1.15 pg, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration- 35.75 ± 1.63 g/dl and 32.93 ± 0.86 g/dl, white blood cell count- 17.94 ± 0.57 x 103/µl and 22.51 ± 0.95 x 103/µl, alanine amino transferase- 36.95 ± 0.09 IU and 38.86 ± 0.16 IU, aspartate amino transferase- 54.52 ± 0.10 IU and 49.55 ± 0.34 IU, alkaline phosphatase-5.04 ± 0.71 IU and 9.33 ± 0.55 IU, total proteins – 1.98 ± 0.09 g/dl and 3.86 ± 0.10 g/dl, albumin- 0.90 ± 0.01 g/dl and 1.53 ± 0.06 g/dl, globulin – 1.07 ± 0.09 g/dl an