Acute and chronic toxicity of ammonia in Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus, fingerlings

Shahram Naghizadeh Raiesi; Mohammad Mazandarani; Seyed-Ahmad Shahidi; Azade Ghorbani-HasanSaraei; Fatemeh Khani; Sjad Fatahi

doi:10.22034/ijab.v6i6.425

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Shahram Naghizadeh Raiesi
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Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran.
Mohammad Mazandarani Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.
Seyed-Ahmad Shahidi Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran.
Azade Ghorbani-HasanSaraei Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran.
Fatemeh Khani Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.
Sjad Fatahi Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.

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In the present study, susceptibility of Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus, to un-ionized ammonia (UIA) was studied. Fish with an average weight of 5.52±0.45 g were exposed to different concentrations of un-ionized ammonia (UIA) to determine median lethal concentration (96-h-LC₅₀). The fish were exposed to six different concentrations of UIA (control, 0.16, 0.31, 0.62, 0.94 and 1.25 mg/l UIA). The control group was not challenged with ammonia (0.0008 mg/l UIA). The results showed that the 96-h-LC₅₀of UIA in Persian sturgeon was 0.46 mg/l. According to 96-h-LC₅₀,mid-term exposure to sub-lethal UIA was examined. In the chronic examination, the fish were exposed to different levels of sub-lethal ammonia; control (0.0008 mg/l UIA), 10% of LC₅₀ (0.05 mg/l UIA), 5% of LC₅₀ (0.025 mg/l UIA) and 1% of LC₅₀ (0.005 mg/l UIA) for 30 days. Final length, final weight, weight gain, specific growth rate, daily weight gain and body weigh index decreased significantly in the fish exposed to 0.05 and 0.025 mg/l UIA. According to the results, conversion ratio and condition factor indices were higher in the fish exposed to 0.005 mg/l UIA and control group compared with the fish exposed to 0.05 and 0.025 mg/l UIA.

Naghizadeh Raiesi, S., Mazandarani, M., Shahidi, S.-A., Ghorbani-HasanSaraei, A., Khani, F., & Fatahi, S. (2019). Acute and chronic toxicity of ammonia in Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus, fingerlings. International Journal of Aquatic Biology, 6(6), 314–320. https://doi.org/10.22034/ijab.v6i6.425

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