Journal of Aquaculture Research & Development

Department of Aquaculture, Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean Studies, Kochi, India

Biography

Devika Pillai, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies. The Publication stats include that the number of articles published are 60 and the number of times cited by, was 379 and total reads was 6988. The area of interest in the research was Applied Microbiology, probiotics.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Hematological and Histopathological Changes in Artificially Infected Nile tilapia with vibrio species
  Author(s): Begonesh Bekele, Natarajan P, Kassaye Balkew Workagegn* and Devika Pillai
  
  Bacterial pathogens such as vibrio species cause a significantly high economical loss in the aquaculture sector. Thus, the main objective of this study was to isolate and identify Vibrio species and evaluated the hematological, biochemical, and histopathological changes in experimentally infected Nile tilapia with 0.1 ml of 1×106 colonyforming units (CFU)/ml of Vibrio species isolates. The clinical examination of the infected Nile tilapia revealed all fish became less active and the feeding rate decreased, the dorsal portion of the body became darkened. Fin rot appeared especially at the tips of the caudal fin and showed extensive hemorrhages at the ventral body part. The results also showed reduction in hemoglobin, hematocrit, protein, albumin, glucose, globulin, and triglyceride contents in the infected fish tha.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9546.21.12.648

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