Influence of Copper and Zinc on the Erythrocyte-Metric Parameters of Carassius gibelio (Pisces, Cyprinidae).
II. Influence of Zinc on the Erythrocyte-Metric Parameters of Carassius gibelio (Pisces, Cyprinidae)

E. S. TOMOVA1, I. G. VELCHEVA2 and A. D. ARNAUDOV3
1 University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Faculty of Biology, Department of Biology on Development, BG - 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2 University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation, BG - 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
3 University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Faculty of Biology, Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, BG - 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Abstract

TOMOVA, E. S., I. G. VELCHEVA and A. D. ARNAUDOV, 2009. Influence of copper and zinc on the erythrocyte-metric parameters of Carassius gibelio (Pisces, Cyprinidae). II. Influence of zinc on the erythrocyte-metric parameters of Carassius gibelio (Pisces, Cyprinidae). Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 15: 183-188

Some metric parameters of the erythrocytes (big cell diameter Dc, small cell diameter dc, big nuclear diameter Dn, small nuclear diameter dn) in the blood of Carassius gibelio after influence on different Zn concentrations were established. The percentage proportion of the various types of Prise-Jones curves, preliminary constructed, was also calculated. The beginning of processes of cariopicnoses, hypertrophy and anisocitosis were detected.

Key words: zinc, fish, erythrocytes, metric parameters, Prise-Jones curves

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