ISSN 2756-3650
International Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics Vol. 6 (6), pp. 001-006, June, 2017. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Bioconcentration of metals in the body muscle and gut of Clarias gariepinus exposed to sublethal concentrations of soap and detergent effluent
T. A. Ayandiran*, O. O. Fawole, S. O. Adewoye and M. A Ogundiran
Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B. 4000, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Accepted 25 March, 2017
Abstract
The toxicity of Sublethal concentrations of effluents from a soap and detergent industry were investigated on African catfish Clarias gariepinus using a renewable static bioassay. The trend of bioconcentration of metals in the muscle and gut of the test organisms differs significantly (p < 0.05) and it followed the order, gut > muscle. The result revealed that the muscle had the least concentration of manganese at 0.1 x 10-3 mg/kg and 10.7 x 10-3 mg/kg recorded for zinc as the highest. While the highest iron concentration of 15.80 x 10-3 mg/kg was recorded in the gut tissues of C. gariepinus, but mercury had the least concentration of 1.00 x 10-3 mg/ kg. It was revealed that fish can bioaccumulate heavy metals from a polluted environment, which may result in impairment of natural population size; thus consumption of fish from such polluted environment should be discouraged.
Key words: Bioconcentration, Clarias gariepinus, effluent, toxicity.