CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS IN RAINBOW-TROUT, ONCORHYNCHUS-MYKISS (WALBAUM), IS RELATED TO HEART SIZE RATHER THAN SEX OR REPRODUCTIVE STATUS

Authors
DAVIE PS THORARENSEN H
Citation
Ps. Davie et H. Thorarensen, CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS IN RAINBOW-TROUT, ONCORHYNCHUS-MYKISS (WALBAUM), IS RELATED TO HEART SIZE RATHER THAN SEX OR REPRODUCTIVE STATUS, Journal of fish diseases, 19(4), 1996, pp. 283-288
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology",Fisheries
Journal title
Journal of fish diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
01407775
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
283 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-7775(1996)19:4<283:CAIRO(>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Prevalence and severity of coronary arteriosclerosis of rainbow trout is consistently and significantly related to the absolute size of the heart. Treatment of immature and mature male and female trout with nat ural and synthetic sex steroids had the effect of increasing the relat ive size of the heart by an average of 54%. The disease state of the c oronary arteries was not significantly affected by steroid treatment, sex of the fish or season during which the experiments were conducted.