Histopathological changes in the gill and liver tissues of freshwater fish, Cirrhinus mrigala exposed to dichlorvos

The histopathological effects of dichlorvos, an organophosphate pesticide, on the gill and liver tissues in Cirrhinus mrigala were determined by light microscopy. The fishes were exposed to sublethal concentrations (0.91 and 1.82 ppm) of dichlorvos for 10 days with parallel untreated control. No his...

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Main Authors: Babu Velmurugan, Mariadoss Selvanayagam, Elif Ipek Cengiz, Erhan Unlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2009-10-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000500029