Haematological studies in some hill stream fishes of Song River Dehradun (Uttarakhand) I-Erythrocyte Sedimenation Rate.

J.V.S. Rauthan and Sundar Singh

Abstract:-

The study of fish blood parameters is important for determining factors related to their physiological capacity. Blood parameters are considered path physiological indicator of all body. Fish haematology has acquired a highly useful status in fishery management and studies on Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) are very important and are known to show the nutritional status of the fish besides any pathological conditions. However reports on this parameters are again scan as it requires more blood than for most other haematological studies needed, value obtained for four species of hillstream fishes from Song river show very little difference in mean and range values.