Salt as a stress response mitigator of matrinxã,Brycon cephalus(Günther), during transport
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Aquaculture Research
- Vol. 32 (4), 297-304
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2109.2001.00558.x
Abstract
The present study evaluated the physiological responses of matrinxã, Brycon cephalus (Günther) submitted to transport stress under the influence of sodium chloride. Different salt concentrations (0.0%, 0.1%, 0.3% and 0.6%) were added to four 200-L plastic tanks. Each tank was stocked with 30 fish (mean weight 1.0 ± 0.2 kg) and transported for 4 h. Blood was sampled prior to transport and immediately after and 24 and 96 h after transport. Plasma cortisol and glucose and serum sodium and potassium, plasma chloride and ammonia were analysed. Changes in plasma cortisol were observed immediately after transportation, except in fish transported in 0.3% and 0.6% salt. Twenty-four hours later, this hormone had returned to its initial level in all fish. Blood glucose was not changed in fish treated with 0.6% salt immediately after transport, and returned to the initial level within 96 h after the other treatments. All treatments resulted in lower levels of plasma chloride after transport, except for fish treated with 0.6% salt, with fish treated with 0.0% and 0.3% salt recovering 24 h later. Serum sodium decreased immediately after transport only in the control fish, returning to the initial level 24 h later. The results indicate that treatment with 0.6% NaCl reduces most of the physiological responses of matrinxã to the stress of transport.Keywords
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