title: The Influence of Acute Handling Stress on Some Blood Parameters in Cultured Sea Bream (Sparus AurataLinnaeus, 1758).
abstract: The effect of acute handling stress on haematological profile, blood glucose and lactate (secondary stress markers) in cultured sea breamSparus auratawas evaluated. Sixty sixSparus auratawere used and equally divided into two groups (A and B). Group A was not subjected to stress, Group B was subjected to acute handling stress. From each fish, biometric data and blood samples were collected to evaluate haematological profile, blood glucose and lactate. Unpaired t-test Student was applied to evaluate possible differences in parameters between the two groups. Red blood cells, haematocrit, haemoglobin, white blood cells (WBC), glucose and lactate showed an increase (P<0.05) in Group B compared with Group A, while mean corpuscular volume decreased (P<0.05) in Group B. The results highlight the role of studied parameters in monitoring the stressful conditions of aquaculture production which affect animal welfare and fish products quality.
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Messina.
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Fazio
authors: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia A. Mirri , Palermo.
authors: Vincenzo
authors: V
authors: Ferrantelli
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Messina.
authors: Gianluca
authors: G
authors: Fortino
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Messina.
authors: Francesca
authors: F
authors: Arfuso
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Messina.
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Giangrosso
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche e Ambientali, Università di Messina , S. Agata (ME), Italy.
authors: Caterina
authors: C
authors: Faggio
keywords: Acute handling stress; Blood glucose; Blood lactate; Haematological parameters; Sparus aurata.