Gill lesions in Cichlid fishes after intoxication with the insecticide Fenthion.
The toxic effects of Fenthion on the gills of Cichlid fishes were investigated. In Herotilapia multispinosa hyperplasia and separation of the respiratory epithelium, lamellar telangiectasis and thrombosis occurred. The lamellar epithelium of surviving fish regenerated in all cases. In Tilapia leucosticta no telangiectasis was found, but all the secondary lamellae were fused due to the severe hyperplasia of the gill epithelium.
D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005284:Fenthion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D005399:Fishes; D005880:Gills / Q000473:pathology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000662:veterinary; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000662:veterinary
D005284:Fenthion