HAEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THREE POPULATION OF Clarias gariepinus

• I. Abdulraheem

  Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

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• A. M. Idi-Ogede

  Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

  Author

• H. U. Onimisi

  Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Service, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

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• O. R. Omowole

  Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

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Three populations (farm) of table size Clarias gariepinus were used for this research. The study was conducted to assess and compare the haematological parameters of different size groups in three different populations. Weight and length of the different size groups were measured and their blood samples were collected and analyse for haemtological parameter such as Packed Cell Volume (PCV), Haemoglobin (HB), Red Blood Cell (RBC), Platelet (PLAT), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH), Mean Corpuscular HaemoglobinConcerntration (MCHC), Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), White Blood Cell (WBC), Heterophils (HET), Lymphocyte (LYM), Monocyte (MON) and Eosinophil (EOS). The data obtained were subjected to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). There were no significant (p>0.05) differences in haematological parameters among the different size groups of the three population studied. Also, no significant (p>0.05) difference was observed in the same sizes of the different populations.

1. I. Abdulraheem, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

   Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

2. A. M. Idi-Ogede, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

   Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

3. H. U. Onimisi, Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Service, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

   Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Service, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

4. O. R. Omowole, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

   Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

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