Table 3.
Hematological indices in the blood of C. idella exposed to LC15 of chromium for 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours.
| Chromium-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 | 6.5 | 10.9 | 16.9 | 11.4 ± 5.220 | 12.7 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 9.2 ± 3.164 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 8.3 ± 0.699 | 2.2 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 5.6 ± 3.007 |
| RBCs | 4.05 | 3.16 | 3.07 | 3.4 ± 0.541 | 1.41 | 1.99 | 2.96 | 2.12 ± 0.783 | 2.88 | 2.35 | 2.4 | 2.54 ± 0.292 | 2.96 | 2.35 | 1.90 | 2.40 ± 0.532 | 2.8 | 1.99 | 1.68 | 2.15 ± 0.578 |
| Lymphocytes | 90.4 | 94.4 | 96.4 | 93.7 ± 3.054 | 98.8 | 83.1 | 65.8 | 82.5 ± 16.506 | 97.7 | 95 | 97 | 96.5 ± 1.400 | 97 | 96.5 | 96.4 | 96.6 ± 0.323 | 97 | 97.8 | 97.7 | 97.5 ± 0.435 |
| Monocytes | 8.3 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 5.2 ± 2.746 | 0.7 | 14.2 | 25.1 | 13.3 ± 12.223 | 1.5 | 04 | 02 | 2.5 ± 1.322 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.76 ± 0.329 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 ± 0.2000 |
Hemoglobin is expressed as g·dl−1, RBCs are expressed as ×103 μl−1, and lymphocyte and monocyte are expressed as %.