Study of some blood serum electrolytes in reared shirboat (Barbus grypus) fish in Khouzestan province

The role of electrolytes in the animal body is diverse, as there are almost no metabolic processes that are not affected by or dependent upon electrolytes. Thus, the normal values of electrolytes in serum and the other biological fluids are importence to compare in disease conditions and the other disorders in the animal body. In order to determine of normal values of some blood serum electrolytes (Na, K, Cl, Ca and P) in culture shirboat (Barbus grypus) fish, 106 male (52) and female (54) Barbus grypus fish were capture from one of the culture center at Khuzestan province, Iran. Blood samples were taken from caudal vein and blood serum electrolytes were measured with laboratory routine methods. In the male, the mean and the standard error of mean values of sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and phosphorus were 146.7±1.6, 2.2±0.1, 88.7±1.3, 3.03±0.08 and 3.13±0.1 and in female were 144.8±2.7, 2.3±0.2, 88.8±1.1, 2.83±0.8 and 2.98±0.2 and the overall mean were 145.9±1.5, 2.2±0.1, 88.7±0.9, 2.95±0.05and 3.07±0.1 mmol/l, respectively. The results showed that, there was not significant difference between male and female shirboat fish.