<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study was conducted to assess the effect of water quality of the Ogun River on the haematological indices of the African catfish <italic>Clarias gariepinus</italic>. Samples of water and <italic>Clarias gariepinus</italic> were collected from Ogun River (Station I, Opeji and Station II, Lafenwa) to determine and compare effects of possible differences in water quality on haematological parameters of <italic>Clarias gariepinus</italic>. The results demonstrate that higher index values were recorded at station II than Station I for almost all the physicochemical parameters and only sulphate values from Stations I and II were statistically significant (P &lt; 0.05).</p></abstract>

This study was conducted to assess the effect of water quality of the Ogun River on the haematological indices of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus. Samples of water and Clarias gariepinus were collected from Ogun River (Station I, Opeji and Station II, Lafenwa) to determine and compare effects of possible differences in water quality on haematological parameters of Clarias gariepinus. The results demonstrate that higher index values were recorded at station II than Station I for almost all the physicochemical parameters and only sulphate values from Stations I and II were statistically significant (P < 0.05).

Water Quality and Haematological Indices of <italic>Clarias gariepinus</italic> from Ogun River (Nigeria)

University of Port Harcourt, Department of Fisheries, Rivers State

Federal University of Agriculture, Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research, Ogun State,

Olabisi Onabanjo University, Department Animal Production, Agowiye, Ogun State,

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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Water Quality and Haematological Indices of  from Ogun River (Nigeria)

This study was conducted to assess the effect of water quality of the Ogun River on the haematological indices of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus....

Water Quality and Haematological Indices of Clarias gariepinus from Ogun River (Nigeria)

Published Online: Jan 30, 2017

Page range: 105 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0068

Keywords
hematological indices, water quality, Ogun River

© 2015 Olaniyi Alaba Olopade et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Water Quality and Haematological Indices of Clarias gariepinus from Ogun River (Nigeria)

Published Online: Jan 30, 2017

Page range: 105 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0068

Keywordshematological indices, water quality, Ogun River

© 2015 Olaniyi Alaba Olopade et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
hematological indices, water quality, Ogun River