Beta
182978

Biochemical, Histopathological, and Genetic Impacts of River Nile Pollutants on the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Article

Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Water pollution is one of the most principal environmental and public health problems in the River Nile. In the present study, aims were directed to evaluate the biochemical, histopathological, and genetic effects of El- Rahawy Drain pollutants on the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Hence, during the summer of 2018 and winter 2019, fish samples were collected from two locations (upstream and downstream) of El-Rahawy drain in the River Nile at the Rosetta Branch. Biochemical studies (Total Protein, Albumin, Globulin, A/G, total lipids, Cholesterol, AST, and ALT) were carried out for the specimens and important results were revealed. Compared with the fish caught from the upstream, a deterioration was detected in the health status of the downstream- fish;  displaying more extreme histopathological and molecular variations. Using SSR (simple sequence repeats) to detect the molecular effects of water pollutants on O. niloticus, molecular markers indicated genetic differences in fish samples from the same sex in the different studied locations. Consequently, to prevent disease outbreaks and aquatic ecosystem disturbances, the Rosetta Branch is recommended to have an intensive water-quality monitoring program, and wastewater treatment as well.

DOI

10.21608/ejabf.2021.182978

Keywords

Pollutants, biochemical, Histopathological, Genetic, SSR (Simple sequence repeats), Oreochromis niloticus, River Nile

Authors

First Name

Anas

Last Name

A. Heiba et al.

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

25

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

25018

Issue Date

2021-05-01

Receive Date

2021-07-10

Publish Date

2021-05-01

Page Start

883

Page End

899

Print ISSN

1110-6131

Online ISSN

2536-9814

Link

https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/article_182978.html

Detail API

https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=182978

Order

55

Type

Original Article

Type Code

103

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries

Publication Link

https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023