抄録
Carp, Cyprinus carpio, were fed on the diets with and without supplemental iron over a 105 day period. No significant differences were recognized between the two groups in the following determinations: the growth rate, condition factor, feed efficiency, and the percentages of liver, spleen, and heart weight to body weight; the blood serum levels of total protein, total cholesterol, total bilirubin, BUN, glucose, and Ca and inorganic P; and the activities of enzymes such as GOT, GPT, ALP, LDH, and LAP in the blood serum. However, in the group fed the diet without the iron supplement, the specific gravity, Hb content, and Ht value of blood, the mean corpuscular constants, and the mean corpuscular diameter of minor length were lower, and the percentage of immature erythrocytes was higher than those of the group fed the iron-supplemented diet. These findings show that carp fed the diet without iron supplementation manifest a hypochromic microcytic anemia.
