Effects of loading density on catfish blood.
Results from this study indicate that a fish density stress syndrome exists for red blood cell morphology. Smaller (by 3.5%) and rounder (by 0.6%) red blood cells were consistently found in intensive fish cultures.
D000818:Animals; D003441:Crowding / Q000502:physiology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011156:Population Density; D013315:Stress, Psychological