Table 7.
Total bacterial and Aeromonas counts in Nile talipa (Oreochromis niloticus) fish organs (skin, muscle, intestine and gills) after 10 weeks of treatment.
| Groups | Subgroups | Cd + Hg(μg ml−1) | BioSeNPs(μg ml−1) | Total bacterial count Log CFU ml−1 | Total Aeromonas count Log CFU ml−1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish organs | |||||||||||
| Skin | Muscle | Intestine | Gills | Skin | Muscle | Intestine | Gills | ||||
| 1 | 1Z | – | – | 7.5a | 5.9a | 7.9a | 8.2a | 4.5a | 3.2a | 4.7a | 5.1a |
| 1A | – | 3 | 5.8d | 4.0d | 6.2d | 6.7c | 3.7c | 2.5b | 3.5c | 3.9c | |
| 1B | – | 4 | 5.4de | 3.7e | 5.7e | 6.3e | 3.5c | 2.3c | 3.0d | 3.5d | |
| 1C | – | 5 | 5.2e | 3.4e | 5.4e | 5.9e | 3.2d | 1.9d | 2.8d | 3.2d | |
| 2 | 2Z | 0.5 + 0.5 | – | 7.1ab | 5.7ab | 7.5ab | 7.8b | 4.2ab | 3.1ab | 4.3ab | 4.7b |
| 2A | 0.5 + 0.5 | 3 | 6.2c | 4.5c | 6.5c | 6.9c | 4.0b | 2.7b | 3.7c | 3.9c | |
| 2B | 0.5 + 0.5 | 4 | 6.0c | 4.3d | 6.0d | 6.5d | 3.7c | 2.3c | 3.5c | 3.7c | |
| 2C | 0.5 + 0.5 | 5 | 5.8d | 4.0d | 5.8e | 6.3e | 3.5c | 2.0d | 3.2d | 3.5d | |
| 3 | 3Z | 1.0 + 1.0 | – | 6.7b | 5.1b | 7.2b | 7.3bc | 4.0b | 3.0ab | 4.1b | 4.3b |
| 3A | 1.0 + 1.0 | 3 | 6.5b | 4.8c | 6.7c | 7.1c | 4.1b | 2.9b | 4.1b | 4.0bc | |
| 3B | 1.0 + 1.0 | 4 | 6.2c | 4.5c | 6.5c | 6.9c | 3.9c | 2.6b | 3.8c | 3.7c | |
| 3C | 1.0 + 1.0 | 5 | 6.0c | 4.3d | 6.2d | 6.6d | 3.7c | 2.4c | 3.6c | 3.4d | |
Means in the same column with lowercase different letters are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05.