Intermittent sustained swimming in 'matrinxã' Brycon amazonicus (Bryconidae: Bryconinae): hematological and metabolic responses

In fish, studies on a wide variety of physiological effects of exercise have been reported since a long time. It has been attributed special attention to some types of exercise, however, its application as a healthful practice in the rearing and welfare of farming fish is rising in last few years. In this particular, long-term intermittent sustained swimming (ISS) has been not yet explored. In this work, the freshwater fish Brycon amazonicus was submitted to (ISS) for 30 days at velocity of 1.0 body-length sec-1 for 12h interspaced by 12h under still water. Hematology and metabolism were evaluated. Exercised fish decreased 30% the erythrocyte number and hemoglobin was unvaried. The stores of liver glycogen and muscular triacylglycerol (TAG) were increased and the metabolic profile was typically aerobic. The slight decrease of liver (TAG) plus the full metabolic and hematic trait allow investing in this kind of exercise a beneficial practice in the rearing of fish species

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Main Authors:	Fabrizzi,Fernando, Moraes,Gilberto, Hackbarth,Araceli, Almeida,Luciana Cristina de, Arbeláez-Rojas,Gustavo, Nunes,Cleujosí da Silva
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2013
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000200425
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