First haematic results for the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) metabolic profile assessment

Abstract

The assessment of blood reference ranges of farmed fish can be extremely useful in improving production and product quality. A first attempt to establish the normality ranges for the most important haematochemical parameters of farmed sea bass was carried out by analysing the trend of Haematocrit, Glucose, Total Protein, Albumin, Globulin, Total Cholesterol and some electrolytes in 353 sea bass farmed with two different farming systems within 1 year. A strong seasonal effect was found with regard to each parameter; the role of some environmental conditions was evaluated; and some reference ranges were proposed for the culturing methods considered.