Efeito do ambiente pós-transporte na recuperação dos indicadores de estresse de pacus juvenis, Piaractus mesopotamicus

Abstract

The aim of this work was to evaluate the recovery of physiological stress responses after the transport of pacu juveniles in different stocking conditions. After being transported for 2 h30min, fish were transferred to earthen ponds or indoor polyethylene boxes. There was a significant reduction of cortisol values registered at fish arrival , 24 hours after, in both stocking conditions . The glucose concentration reduced significantly 72 hours after in fish stocked in earthen ponds , and 120 hours in fish stocked indoor. Osmolality, sodium, potassium and chloride behavior suggested the re-establishment of the homeostasis during the recovery period, mainly in fish kept in the earthen ponds. Concerning the hematological parameters, only hemoglobin concentration reduced significantly in the recovery period , without effect of stocking condition, which does not characterize feasible indicators. After transport, a management procedure that causes stress in fish, the recovery of the basal condition was fa vored when pacu were stocked in earthen ponds.