The Clarion- International Multidisciplinary Journal
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

Study on the effect of lindane on some hematological parameters of Indian fresh water cat fish, Clarias batrachus (L.)

  • Author:
  • Anupam Kumar Medhi1, Arup K Hazarika2,
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 42 to 45

1Department of Zoology, Koliabor College, Nagaon, India

2Department of Zoology, Cotton College, Guwahati, India

*Corresponding author: hazarikacotton@sify.com

Online published on 20 June, 2013.

Abstract

The acute toxicity of an organochloride pesticide is characterized by their persistence and ability to accumulate in aquatic organisms. Present work tries to investigate the toxicity of an organochlorine, lindane on some hematological parameters in the blood plasma of Clarias batrachus.

Keywords

Clarias batrachus, lindane (hexachlorocyclohexane), RBC, WBC, Hb