Volume: 54 Issue: 4
Year: 2023, Page: 79-83, Doi: https://doi.org/10.61649/kujos/v54i4.23.6
Received: Sept. 29, 2023 Accepted: Nov. 15, 2023 Published: Dec. 27, 2023
The most common threat to fish health is from agricultural runoffs. Among the runoffs are the insecticides that are applied regularly for crop protection. Fenpropathrin type II synthetic pyrethroid, was exposed to assess its histopathological effects on rosy barb, Pethia conchonius. The fish were exposed to two sublethal concentrations, 0.486 µg fenpropathrin/L and 0.243 µg fenpropathrin/L and a control for 30 days. At the end of study period, fish were euthnized humanely and three tissues kidney, liver and spleen, were dissected out and were fixed for histopathological evaluation. Tissues of fish in the control group showed normal histomorphology, however, in both treatment groups, kidney tissue showed dilation of renal tubules, degeneration of renal tubules, glomerular degeneration, while liver tissue of treatment groups showed dilated sinusoids, pyknotic nuclei and necrotic cell. Histological changes in spleen tissue in both treatment groups exhibited melanomacrophage centers and splenic congestion. All of these histological changes were clear indicative of fenpropathrin induced changes.
Keywords: Histopatholgy; Pethia conchonius; Kidney; Spleen; Liver; Fenpropathrin
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