Immunotoxicity of Tannery Effluent to the Freshwater Fish Cyprinous carpio

Murugesan, A. G.; Ramathilaga, A.; Samson Ponselvan, J. K.; Dinagaran Michael, R.

Immunotoxicity of Tannery Effluent to the Freshwater Fish Cyprinous carpio

2012

Murugesan, A. G. | Ramathilaga, A. | Samson Ponselvan, J. K. | Dinagaran Michael, R.

This study was undertaken to determine the effect of chronic exposure to sub-lethal concentrations of tannery effluent (TE) on the humoral antibody response and the cell-mediated immune response of the fish Cyprinous carpio. The LC50 value of the TE for C. carpio was determined by bioassay to be 3.8%. Sub-lethal concentrations of TE (0.6% and 0.3%) significantly suppressed the humoral and cell-mediated immune responses. Exposure of C. carpio to the TE had a significant effect on mean acceptance time (MAT) for transplanted scales. MAT was found to be 5–8 days for autografts and 4–7 days for allografts. The somatic indices of the kidney and spleen were reduced compared with controls.

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AGROVOC Keywords

analysis animals chemistry cyprinus carpio environmental monitoring fresh water humoral immunity immune system immunity kidneys spleen tanning toxicity

Bibliographic information

Published in

Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

Volume 88 Issue 4 Pagination 639 - 643 ISSN 0007-4861

Publisher

Springer-Verlag

Other Subjects

Drug effects; Cellular; Water pollutants; Chemical; Tannery effluents; Chronic exposure; Immunotoxicity; Long term effects; Lethal concentration 50; Freshwater fish; Industrial waste; Cell-mediated immunity; Bioassays; Carps; Immunotoxins; Autografting; Allografting

Language

English

Type

Journal Article; Text

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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-011-0511-9

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