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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

2005

Oreochromis niloticus

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Immunohistochemical Identification Of Peptide Hormones In The Endocrine Cells Of The Gastrointestinal Tract Of The Oreochromis Niloticus, Berri̇n Gençer Tarakçi, Si̇bel Şi̇mşek Köprücü, Kenan Köprücü Jan 2005

Immunohistochemical Identification Of Peptide Hormones In The Endocrine Cells Of The Gastrointestinal Tract Of The Oreochromis Niloticus, Berri̇n Gençer Tarakçi, Si̇bel Şi̇mşek Köprücü, Kenan Köprücü

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The endocrine cells of gastrointestinal tract of the Oreochromis niloticus were investigated using immunohistochemical techniques. 8 antisera were tested and 3 immunoreactivities were detected: Serotonin, glucagon and somatostatin immunoreactive cells. Substance P, insulin, gastrin, calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) and calbindin immunoreactive cells were not found.


Production Characteristics And Changes In Fatty Acids Profiles Of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus) Using Algae As A Food Source In Partitioned Aquaculture System, Alp Yalçin Tepe Jan 2005

Production Characteristics And Changes In Fatty Acids Profiles Of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus) Using Algae As A Food Source In Partitioned Aquaculture System, Alp Yalçin Tepe

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Small (57.56 ± 0.03 g) and large (172.46 ± 1.14 g) Nile tilapia fingerlings (Oreochromis niloticus) were stocked in six 0.15 ha partitioned aquaculture system (PAS) units on May 1 1997 at a rate of 100 kg/0.15 ha (low density) and 200 kg/0.15 ha (high density) in triplicate to determine the growth rates and production characteristics and the changes in fatty acid profiles of the fish. The primary food source for the 152-day rearing period available to the fish confined within the raceway sections was planktonic algae and to a lesser extent zooplankton and possibly drifting invertebrates. At harvest the …


The Acute Toxicity Of Ammonia On Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus L.) Larvae And Fingerlings, Aysel Çağlan Karasu Benli̇, Gülten Köksal Jan 2005

The Acute Toxicity Of Ammonia On Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus L.) Larvae And Fingerlings, Aysel Çağlan Karasu Benli̇, Gülten Köksal

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The aim of the present study was to determine median lethal concentrations (LC 50) of unionised ammonia (NH_{3}) for the larvae and fingerlings of Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L. 1758). The mean 48 h LC50 values were determined as 1.009 ± 0.02 mg/l for larvae and 7.40 ± 0.01 mg/l for the fingerlings. Larvae exposed to different concentrations of ammonia moved very rapidly, lost equilibrium in water and showed sideways swimming. In the case of the fingerlings, an increase in their movements, ventilation, convulsions, spiral swimming, efforts to swallow air from the surface of water, increase in the mucous secretion in …


Effects Of Salinity On The Osmoregulatory Functions Of The Gills In Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus), Yusuf Güner, Osman Özden, Haşmet Çağirgan, Muhammet Altunok, Volkan Kizak Jan 2005

Effects Of Salinity On The Osmoregulatory Functions Of The Gills In Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus), Yusuf Güner, Osman Özden, Haşmet Çağirgan, Muhammet Altunok, Volkan Kizak

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Changes in branchial Na^+-K^+-ATPase activity, and the number and size of chloride cells resulting from the transfer of fish into seawater were investigated in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) (22.03 -+ 0.91 g), which were transferred to full strength seawater (36‰) directly and for 14 days. Whole mortality occurred when the tilapia were transferred into seawater directly. That is, no acclimation was allowed. Branchial chloride cell numbers decreased after seawater exposure, whereas a gradual increase was observed in chloride cell sizes. However, the chloride cells of seawater-adapted individuals showed a 2-fold increase in size (P < 0.05). Initially 5‰ and 10‰ salinity resulted in lowered branchial Na^+-K^+-ATPase activity but then this activity increased and the highest activity was at 25‰ salinity (P < 0.01). This study demonstrated the effects of high salinity through direct and gradual acclimations on branchial Na^+-K^+-ATPase activity and chloride cell abundance.