Journal of Environmental Biology

Distillery effluent induced alterations in the haematological

profile of fingerlings of Colisa fasciatus

Anuradha Shukla and J.P. Shukla*

P. G. Department of Zoology, S.H. Kisan P.G. College, Basti - 272 001, India

*Corresponding Author email : shuklajp2006@yahoo.com

Publication Data

Paper received:

06 March 2012

Revised received:

14 July 2012

Re-revised received:

11 September 2012

Re-re-revised received:

27 November 2012

Accepted:

25 January 2013

Abstract

Present study deals with the impact of Gorakhpur distillery effluent at various concentration levels (5, 10 and 20%) on the blood profile of fingerling of, Colisa fasciatus after 30 days of exposure. Observations revealed that 5% of effluent concentration produced no significant alterations in various haematological parameters except for clotting time and immature erythrocytes. However, 10% of effluent concentration brought significant alterations in hematocrit as well as clotting time and 20% of effluent concentration produced highly significant (P<0.001) alteration in most of the haematological parameters except for hemoglobin percentage.

Key words

Colisa fasciatus, Distillery effluent, Erythrocytosis, Fingerlings, Haematology, Leucopenia

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