Haematological and serum biochemical profiles of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus from different culture enclosures

Abstract

The present study was designed to investigate the haematological and serum biochemical parameters of Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus from different culture enclosures (plastic tank, sandcrete tank and earthen pond), at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Departmentof Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Haematological parameters such as red blood cells (RBC), haemoglobin (Hb), white blood cells (WBC), packed cell volume (PCV), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and the serum biochemical parameters like protein, albumin, glucose, cholesterol and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were determined within the three culture enclosures using One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 95% confidence level, comparisons among means were separated by Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at p