Water pollution and immunosuppression of freshwater fish

The immunosuppressive effects of pollutants from industry (effluents, heavy metals) and agriculture (pesticides) on freshwater fish, as a sentinel model for the aquatic environment, are presented in this paper. An impairment of humoral, cellular and/or non-specific immunity compromises the defence m...

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Published in:The Italian journal of zoology 1996-01, Vol.63 (4), p.303-309
Main Author: Dunier, Muriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fish
Heavy metals
Humoral response
Immunology
Immunostimulants
Pesticides
Pollution
Pulp mill effluents
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Summary:The immunosuppressive effects of pollutants from industry (effluents, heavy metals) and agriculture (pesticides) on freshwater fish, as a sentinel model for the aquatic environment, are presented in this paper. An impairment of humoral, cellular and/or non-specific immunity compromises the defence mechanisms against pathogens. For ten years, we studied the effects on rainbow trout and carp of pesticides such as organochlorine (lindane) and organophosphorous (trichlorfon, dichlorvos) insecticides, and a triazine herbicide (atrazine); heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Mg, Mn, Hg) were also analysed for their in vitro effects. More recently, pulp mill effluents were studied on rainbow trout immunity. Most of those aquatic pollutants were shown to be partial or total immunosuppressors of the major functions of some freshwater fish immune system.
ISSN:1125-0003
1748-5851
DOI:10.1080/11250009609356150