Sensory and certain microbial analyses were applied to assess the quality of raw fish sold at a market in Siliguri cityof West Bengal, India. In regular surveys undertaken during June to August 2008, a particular fish species was randomly selected, its source was noted and a sensory analysis, the quality index method (QIM) was applied to assess its quality Raw fish samples were also collected a...

Volatile organic compounds in farmed and wild rohu, Labeo rohita, were extracted by Likens-Nickerson concurrent distillation apparatus. The farmed raised rohu of two weight categories designated as FW1 (1001-1200g) and FW2 (501-700g) were procured from the Fish Seed Hatchery, Faisalabad. Concurrently, wild rohu of two weight categories designated as WW1 (1001-1200g) and WW2 (501-700g) were capt...

A natural product such as chitosan promotes health benefits and extends the shelf life of processed products. Chitosan has been used a food additive due to its antioxidant antimicrobial activities. This study was conducted optimize concentration coating agent on quality Labeo rohita fillets during frozen storage. (CH) solutions were prepared with 0.5 %, 1 2 % (w/v) CH in (v/v) glacial acetic ac...

Low molecular weight acid phosphatase (LM-ACP) peak 2 (the isoenzyme corresponding to isoform 2, IF-2) from the liver of fish Rahu (Labeo rohita) was purified to homogeneity. 900 times purification resulted with specific activity of 35 U/mg of protein and recovery of 0.2%. The enzyme was found homogeneous on sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Molecular weight...

The present study was conducted to study the effect of different diets and feeding strategies on the development of oocytes during the pre spawning and post spawning period in Labeo rohita. The study showed the presence of oocytes in different developmental stages viz., primary growth phase, secondary growth phase, maturation phase, post ovulatory phase and atretic oocytes during both pre spawn...

Juveniles of fish L. rohita and R. rita subjected to a rapid (5 min) sublethal temperature increase from 28 to 35 degrees C showed significant increase in cortisol and decrease in interrenal ascorbic acid. Hypercholesterolemia, hyperglycemia and hyperlactemia were also evident accompanied by increased blood haemoglobin and haematocrit and stable protein levels. Compensatory responses were initi...

The evaluation of metal's toxicity in freshwater is one of the imperative areas of research and there is an emergent concern on the development of techniques for detecting toxic effects in aquatic animals. Oxidative stress biomarkers are very useful in assessing the health of aquatic life and more in depth studies are necessary to establish an exact cause effect relationship. Therefore, to stud...

labeo rohita fingerlings were reared in freshwater and exposed to different concentrations of lead nitrate. after the exposure, one fish was sacrificed from each dose and the gill arches were removed. the ultrastructural changes on the gills of this cyprinid fish were investigated through scanning electron microscope (sem). lead treated gill tissues showed certain marked changes such as uplifti...

The present study aimed to investigate the morphometric characters of fish species, Labeo rohita, Rita rita, Wallago attu and Mystus aor sampled from two aquatic habitats, Gomti River nearby Lucknow Ganga at Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Both rivers are extremely cherished as they full natural resources highly rich in faunal floral diversity. A total 100 specimens each species were collected ...