Table 2.
Hematological indices in the blood of C. idella exposed to LC15 of lead for 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours.
| Lead-exposed fish groups | Control | 24 h LC15 | 48 h LC15 | 72 h LC15 | 96 h LC15 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish I | Fish II | Fish III | Mean ± SD | Fish I | Fish II | Fish III | Mean ± SD | Fish I | Fish II | Fish III | Mean ± SD | Fish I | Fish II | Fish III | Mean ± SD | Fish I | Fish II | Fish III | Mean ± SD | |
| Hemoglobin | 16.1 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 13.6 ± 2.145 | 12.3 | 13.5 | 10.2 | 12.0 ± 1.670 | 15.6 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 9.76 ± 5.122 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.36 ± 0.351 | 12.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 7.0 ± 4.450 |
| RBCs | 4.05 | 3.16 | 3.07 | 3.4 ± 0.541 | 2.92 | 3.24 | 2.41 | 2.64 ± 0.517 | 4.04 | 2.00 | 1.53 | 2.52 ± 1.334 | 1.98 | 1.98 | 1.98 | 1.98 ± 0.0 | 1.96 | 2.92 | 1.53 | 2.13 ± 0.711 |
| Lymphocytes | 90.4 | 94.4 | 96.4 | 93.7 ± 3.054 | 94.9 | 96.6 | 96.3 | 95.9 ± 0.908 | 91.6 | 94.4 | 99.6 | 95 ± 4.059 | 97.2 | 97.1 | 96.4 | 96.8 ± 0.438 | 97.8 | 95.5 | 99.1 | 98.7 ± 0.88 |
| Monocytes | 8.3 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 5.2 ± 2.746 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 2.5 ± 1.625 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 3.93 ± 3.523 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.46 ± 0.115 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.93 ± 0.776 |
Hemoglobin is expressed as g·dl−1, RBCs are expressed as ×103 μl−1, and lymphocyte and monocyte are expressed as %.