Mohammad Forouhar Vajargah; Masoud Sattari; Javid Imanpur; Mehdi Bibak
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Length-weight relationship and some growth parameters of Rutilus kutum were studied. In total, 112 specimens of kutum were collected randomly from beach seines at the southern shores of the Caspian Seafrom October 2016 to May 2017. The mean (±SD) total length, fork length, and weight for the whole ...
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Length-weight relationship and some growth parameters of Rutilus kutum were studied. In total, 112 specimens of kutum were collected randomly from beach seines at the southern shores of the Caspian Seafrom October 2016 to May 2017. The mean (±SD) total length, fork length, and weight for the whole population were 38.58±8.14, 35.57±7.65 cm and 659.48±334.06 g, respectively. The minimum and maximum length and weight of fish in different seasons were 16.5 and 51cm as well as 45 and 1525g, respectively. The mean (±SD) gonadosomatic and hepatosomatic indices for the whole population were 4.67±5.28 and 7.86±5.83, respectively. Analyses of length-weight relationships showed a strong correlation between these two parameters (R2=0.90). The length-weight ratio in males, females and total population were W= 0.821 L2.4278, W=0.01 L3.0025, W=0.041 L2.6224,respectively. The t-test analysis showed a negative allometric growth pattern for males and the whole population, whereas females followed isometric growth pattern. The mean (±SD) condition factor (CF) were 1.10±0.41 in males, 1.01±0.11 in females and 1.07±0.35 in the whole population. The mean CF was higher in males in comparison with females, although the differences were not statistically significant.
Bahram Falahatkar; Khayam Delafkar; Masoud Sattari; Hossein Khara
Volume 5, Issue 3 , March 2017, , Pages 79-96
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The present study was carried out to investigate the efficacy of two anesthetics, clove oil and ketamine, comparison of hematological parameters, and blood biochemical indices under optimum doses of the two anesthetics in juvenile Sterlet Acipenser ruthenus (n=276) with an average weight of 64.1 ± ...
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The present study was carried out to investigate the efficacy of two anesthetics, clove oil and ketamine, comparison of hematological parameters, and blood biochemical indices under optimum doses of the two anesthetics in juvenile Sterlet Acipenser ruthenus (n=276) with an average weight of 64.1 ± 3.4 g. Clove oil was used in concentrations of 14, 35, 56, 77, 98 and 119 mg/l, and those of 35, 37.5, 40, 42.5, 45 and 50 mg/l for ketamine in three replicates. Both losing time of equilibrium and induced time of anesthesia were reduced by increasing the concentrations of these two agents, whereas time of recovery increased. Optimum doses regarding the time of anesthesia and recovery were obtained as 56 mg/l and 45 mg/l for clove oil and ketamine, respectively. There were significant decreases in hematological parameters for all treatments compared to control group (P<0.05). No significant changes were observed in cortisol, glucose, and lactate concentrations for fish treated with clove oil (P>0.05), whereas, fish exposed to handling stress showed significant changes in all biochemical indices (P<0.05). On the other hand, glucose concentration did not change significantly in ketamine treatment (P>0.05), but cortisol and lactate changed significantly (P<0.05). Considering appropriate efficacy of clove oil in both induction and recovery times, and rendering no changes in biochemical indices, clove oil would be recommended as an alternative to ketamine for this species during aquaculture practices.
Mohammad Javad Vesaghi; Aliasghar Khanipour; Masoud Sattari; Mohammad Forouhar Vajargah
Volume 5, Issue 2 , December 2016, , Pages 87-96
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This study carried out on 194 fish (Garra rufa) during the months of January to March at eight stations in Dinvar River located at Kermanshah province. During this study, 34 attributes and 11 traits count was measured geometric parameters and natural mortality and total amount 0.346, infinite length ...
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This study carried out on 194 fish (Garra rufa) during the months of January to March at eight stations in Dinvar River located at Kermanshah province. During this study, 34 attributes and 11 traits count was measured geometric parameters and natural mortality and total amount 0.346, infinite length L∞=124.57 mm, growth factor K=0.29 and the length and weight of the exponential function of growth were calculated. The length-weight relationship was calculated for each season separately, which indicates isometric growth during summer and autumn and allometric growth during the winter and spring seasons. The length-weight relationship for the whole year was calculated aqual to W= 1/000095L2/97. Male to female sex ratio of 1: 1.44 were calculated for faster growth in males and natural selection is directed towards the elimination of larger samples. Results indicate that the Dinvar river is a good place for spawning and nursery to Brood fish. The data were confirmed by isolation of populations between the stations and it seems that fish populations of stations are panmictic. However, further studies confirm that these results depends on genetic traits, physiological and Osteology Lange populations.
