title: Blood chemistry and histological properties of wild and cultured sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in the North Adriatic Sea.
abstract: Histological and biochemical procedures were employed to study liver histomorphology and plasma levels of aspartate aminotransferases (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), triglyceride (TRIG), cholesterol (CHOL), glucose (GLU) and total protein (TP) in cultured (CSB) and wild sea bass (WSB) (Dicentrarchus labrax) from the northern part of the Adriatic Sea. Histopathological changes in liver included varying degrees of infiltration and lipid degeneration of hepatocytes in examined cultured fish. No significant differences between median AST values of CSB (44 IU) and WSB (45 IU) were observed. Values of ALT were <5 IU in both groups. TRIG, CHOL, GLU and TP levels were higher in CSB (2.08 mmol/L, 3.67 mmol/L, 10.66 mmol/L and 49 g/L, respectively) than in WSB (0.67 mmol/L, 2.74 mmol/L, 3.68 mmol/L and 36 g/L, respectively). The study showed differences between plasma biochemical parameters and liver histomorphology of CSB and WSB. This can be explained as a consequence of different diets (artificial in contrast to natural foods), which influence energy metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Division of Materials Chemistry, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Ichthyopathology Group - Biological Materials, Bijenicka 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. rrakovac@irb.hr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coz-Rakovac
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Strunjak-Perovic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hacmanjek
authors.forename: N Topic
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Popovic
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lipej
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sostaric
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000097:blood*; D017756:Aquaculture; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001492:Bass / Q000097:blood*; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D001798:Blood Proteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase