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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2025

Blood Biochemical Biomarkers in Fish Toxicology-A Review.

Bartosz Bojarski, Małgorzata Witeska, Elżbieta Kondera

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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bartosz BojarskiDepartment of Animal Biology and Environment, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Mazowiecka 28, 85-084 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3922-0329
Małgorzata WiteskaDepartment of Animal Environment Biology, Institute of Animal Science, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3631-4701
Elżbieta KonderaInstitute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Siedlce, Prusa 14, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0386-5600

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood-based biochemical assays are used as predictive and diagnostic methods to evaluate fish welfare in aquaculture and research. The variations of blood biochemical parameters in fish are commonly used as biomarkers of exposure to toxic agents. Blood biochemical parameters can help identify the magnitude of toxicity and the mechanisms by which particular toxic agents act on the organisms. Some parameters typically measured in the blood can also be evaluated in the whole body in the early developmental stages of fish (embryos and larvae) that are often used in toxicological studies. This review assessed the usefulness of various blood biochemical indices as toxicity biomarkers. Analysis of multiple studies showed that toxicity-induced changes in most blood biochemical parameters in fish often depend on toxic agent concentration and exposure duration. Also, various parameters manifest different sensitivity to intoxication, and diverse directions of changes may occur. Among biochemical parameters, some are biomarkers of general physiological stress, while others indicate dysfunctions of particular organs. Moreover, hormonal endpoints seem to be sensitive but nonspecific biomarkers of intoxication in fish.

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biochemical parametersbiomarkersblood parametersfishtoxicity

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PMID40218358
PMCPMC11987775

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