Abstract
In this study, ionic parameters and metabolite factors (cholesterol, total protein, and glucose) of serum and their interrelationships were detected in 48 specimens of kutum (Rutilus frisii kutum) captured during spawning migration. Blood sampling was conducted by cutting the caudal peduncle of each sample, and blood was collected into heparinized and sterile capillary glass tubes.
Results indicated that values of Na+, Ca+2, K+, and Mg+2 revealed the highest to the lowest content in blood serum of kutum, respectively. Cholesterol concentration was higher than glucose and the latter was estimated more than total protein. Na+ was positively correlated with Mg+2 (P < 0.01), whereas it shows reversed correlations with glucose (P < 0.01) and pH (P < 0.05). The results deduced in the present trail, might improve reproductive and farming management of this valuable species.