Lc. Folmar et al., SERUM CHEMISTRY AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS OF BROWN BULLHEADS (AMEIURUS-NEBULOSUS) FROM THE BUFFALO AND NIAGARA RIVERS, NEW-YORK, Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology, 25(3), 1993, pp. 298-303
Cholangiomas and cholangiocarcinomas were observed in brown bullheads
(Ameiurus nebulosus) collected from the Buffalo and Niagara Rivers (NY
) and Old Woman Creek (OH), USA. Significant increases in serum blood
urea nitrogen, uric acid, triglycerides, inorganic phosphate, ALT, LDL
, calcium, and iron and a significant decrease in cholesterol were fou
nd in the fish from the Buffalo and Niagara Rivers compared to the Old
Woman Creek reference area. When relationships between the pathology
and serum chemistry measurements were tested by correlation and discri
minant function analysis, no predictive relationships were apparent.