Behavioural Responses of Heterobranchus longifilis Juveniles. Val (Pisces: 1840) Exposed to Freeze–dried Bark Extract of Tephrosia vogelii as an Anaesthetic
Journal Title: Журнал ÑтреÑÑ-физиологии и биохимии - Year 2014, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
This study evaluates the anaesthetic properties of freeze-dried leaf extract of [i]Tephrosia vogelii[/i] on the African catfish [i]Heterobranchus longifilis[/i] juveniles. Experimental fish of Mean weight 115.00 were obtained from River Benue at Makurdi, Nigeria and acclimatized at the hatchery of University of Agriculture Makurdi for two weeks. Four [i]H. longifilis[/i] were selected randomly for both control and treatment groups. Each treatment fish was weighed and injected intramuscularly 0.05ml of the extract at concentrations of 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05 and 0.06g/l using a 2ml heparinized syringe. The result showed that H. longifilis in treatment group passed sequentially through the first three stages of anaesthesia but could not attain total loss of equilibrium (stage 4 of anaesthesia). The result showed that treatment group of fishes passed sequentially through the first three stages of anaesthesia but could not attain total loss of equilibrium (stage 4 of anaesthsia). Behavioural responses included mucus secretion, slow and erratic swimming, excrement discharge, increase in opercular beat rate, strong retention of reflex action, partial loss of equilibrium and colour change. The induction time showed a declining pattern with increasing concentration of the extract in the treatment levels with significant differences (P<0.05) observed at all three stages of anaesthesia. Recovery time showed the reverse order with significant differences (P<0.05) at all levels of concentrations. The opercular beat rate before and after injection, did not follow a definite pattern (P>0.05). The most effective concentration was 0.06g/l with an induction time of 32.00±1.76 seconds and a recovery time of 182.00±3.46 minutes. The result of this study revealed that the freeze-dried bark extract of [i]T. vogelii[/i] can be used as a tranquilizer for transporting fish over average distances, biopsy and morphological evaluation.
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S. Solomon, J. Cheikyula, D. Anju
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