title: Haematological investigations on fishes infested with fungal growth.
abstract: Considerable changes have been observed in the haematological parameters of Labeo rohita, Mystus cavasius, Nandus nandus and Puntius sarana infested with Aphanomyces sp., Saprolegnia parasitica, Achlya prolifera and Dictyuchus monosporus, respectively. Substantial decline have been observed in the number of erythrocytes and lymphocytes. The number of granulocytes and monocytes were noticed significantly increased. The amount of haemoglobin has also been decreased drastically in all the cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied aquaculture, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India. unibhop@mp.nic.i
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mastan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000662:veterinary; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D006454:Hemoglobins
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins