Abstract
Pathological lesions of acute sodium chloride toxicity in common carp: Case report
Highlights
Common carp Cyprinus carpio considered the most common fish species that culture in all world, this due to its resistance to the diseases and acclimatize with changes in water temperature, since that common carp can be culture in northern and southern Iraq water, in addition, Cyprinus carpio life cycle can be integrated in Iraqi water [1]
Pathological examination The clinical signs appear on fish represented by stop feeding, loss escape reflex, increase in gasping at water surface as a sign for asphyxia, fish accumulated in far location of cages against water current, lethargy, abnormal swimming behaviors
Marked necrotic pale and congested areas in gills this lesion termed as mosaic lesions, with time all gill arch and filaments were pale to white in color, with erosion and destruction in fins lead to loss of normal swimming behaviors
Summary
Common carp Cyprinus carpio considered the most common fish species that culture in all world, this due to its resistance to the diseases and acclimatize with changes in water temperature, since that common carp can be culture in northern and southern Iraq water, in addition, Cyprinus carpio life cycle can be integrated in Iraqi water [1]. Case history During the last week of December 2018, a massive mortality has recorded in carp fish that raised in cages in Euphrates river started from Saqlawiyah (50 Km western to Baghdad DC) and ended by the river inlet at Karbala (southern to Baghdad DC). This massive mortality forced fish owners to use an uncommon therapeutic method to overcome these mortalities. 100% mortality was recorded in these cages
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