Comparative study of hematological profile of three forage fish species habiting in Dal Lake of Kashmir Himalaya, India

Indexing hematological and serum biochemical reference intervals of Himalayan snow trout, Schizothorax esocinus to instrument in health assessment

“…Hematological studies reflect the functional status of the fish body (Sidiq and Ahmed, 2020). Among hematological constituents, Hb concentration in fish blood reflects its oxygen supply and the fish strives to uphold the values in as much as steady condition as possible.…”

Haematological profile, blood cell characteristic and serum biochemical composition of cultured brown trout, Salmo trutta fario with respect to sex

“…Because of its high nutritional quality and biologically active chemicals with good effects on human health, fish is consumed by a wide range of individuals, regardless of their income, age, or health ( Gormley, 2006 ; Lund, 2013 ). The haematological and biochemical profile of fish is a useful tool for determining the well-being position of various aquatic organisms, together with both farmed and wild fish ( Adel et al., 2016 ; da Silva Correa et al., 2017 ; Zhao et al., 2018 ; Sheikh and Ahmed, 2019 ; Fazio, 2019 ; Sidiq and Ahmed, 2020 ; Jan and Ahmed, 2021 ; Jan et al., 2021 ), because these indices provide valuable information for learning about fish reactions to stress, contaminants, hypoxia, nutrition, and habitat, as well as ecological and physiological circumstances ( Cnaani et al., 2004 ; Caruso et al., 2005 ; Walencik and Witeska, 2007 ; Faggio et al., 2014 ; Ahmed and Sheikh, 2019 , 2020 ; Ahmed et al., 2019 ; Fazio, 2019 ; Suljevic and Mitrasinovic-Brulic, 2020 ). Age, diet, sex, fish species and strains, sexual maturity cycle, stocking density and feeding regime, seasonal variations, photoperiod, nutritional state, geographical location, disease, physico-chemical variations, temperature and salinity, sampling conditions, anaesthesia type and laboratory techniques, handling and transport, blood collection, handling, storage time of blood samples, anticoagulants used can strongly influence the results obtained from a haematological and biochemical analysis ( Adeyemo et al., 2009 ; Ferri et al., 2011 ; Gul et al., 2011 ; Jeronimo et al., 2011 ; Witeska and Wargocka, 2011 ; Faggio et al., 2013 ; Fazio et al., 2013 , 2014 ; Witeska et al., 2015 ; Cieplinski et al., 2019 ; Ahmed et al., 2020 ; Jan et al., 2021 ).…”