CLINICAL SIGNS, POST-MORTEM FINDINS AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN TILAPIA NICOTICA FISH INTOXICATED WITH BAYLUSCIDE

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Abstract

In acute toxicity induced by Bayluscide in Tilapia nilotica fish, degenerative and necrotic changes of gills and gut. hepatosis, nephrosis and congestion of the vasculature allover the body were noticed. In short-term toxicity by the same compound (1/10 LC
) for six weeks, no mortality were recorded. Microscopically, congestion of the gills, hyperplasia of the covering epithelium of the gut and fatty change of the liver could be found.