title: Effects of (60)Co gamma irradiation on behavior and gill histoarchitecture of giant fresh water prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (DE MAN).
abstract: Present study was designed to observe the effects of (60)Co gamma radiation in behavioral and histological changes in the gills of giant fresh water prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii. The adult prawns were irradiated with four different dose levels (3mGy, 30mGy, 300mGy and 3000mGy) and the control group (without irradiation) was maintained separately. Behavioral changes like hyperactivity, loss of balance, reduced swimming rate, slower rate of food intake and convulsions were observed in higher dose levels of 300mGy and 3000mGy. The histological alterations such as accumulated haemocytes in haemocoelic spaces, abnormal gill tips, lifted lamellar epithelium, swollen and fused lamellae, hyperplasic, necrotic, clavate-globate and complete disorganization of lamellae were observed in (60)Co gamma irradiated prawns. Significantly more considerable histological alterations were observed in the highest dose level of 3000mGy, but no mortality was evidenced. This study serves as biomonitoring tool to assess the radiation pollution in the aquatic environment.
authors.affiliation: P.G. Department of Zoology, Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli 620020, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stalin
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Broos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadiq Bukhari
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Syed Mohamed
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venu-babu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000633:toxicity*; D005618:Fresh Water; D005880:Gills / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006434:Hemocytes / Q000528:radiation effects; D033541:Palaemonidae / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive