Journal of Aquaculture Research & Development

Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

Biography

Ajala Olumuyiwa Olasunmibo, currently working at Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. The number of articles published are 17, the number of times cited by, are 98 and the number of reads include are 1,768. The area of interest in the research was Aquacultural Practices, Marine Science, Genetic Engineering, Fisheries Science and Biodiversity.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Histological Aberrations in Selected Organs of two Clariids Species obtained from Asa River, Nigeria
  Author(s): Ogundiran Mathew Akinloye*, Fawole Olubanjo Olatunde and Ajala Olumuyiwa Olasunmibo
  
  Gross impact of water pollution and water borne pollutants on aquatic organisms and man has become a great concern to public health in the recent time. Since fish gills are indirect contact with the environmental medium and are very sensitive to changes in water quality while fish liver serves as gate-keeper to the entire body of fish. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of pollutants from the polluted Asa River on the gills and liver histology of Clarias buthupogon and Heterobranchus longifilis. The sample included a total of 55 individuals (28 for C. buthupogon and 27 for H. longifilis). There was a recorded moderate to intense alterations of gill tissues. The most notable alterations were congestion of blood vessels, desquamation, swelling of pillar cell, hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the gill.. View more»
  

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