Effects of Subchronic Exposure to N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide on Selected Biomarkers in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

Table 3

Haematological values in C. carpio from control groups and groups exposed to DEET (mean ± SD, 𝑛=10).

Indices	Control	Control with DMSO	DEET 1 µg/L	DEET 0.1 mg/L	DEET 1 mg/L
RBC (10^12/L)	1.69 ± 0.35^a	1.78 ± 0.41^a	2.21 ± 0.74^a,b	2.20 ± 0.62^a,b	2.49 ± 0.42^b
Hb (g/L)	74.05±10.81	69.26±13.93	73.56±13.95	67.14±8.31	71.70±17.59
PCV (L/L)	0.26±0.04	0.27±0.03	0.26±0.03	0.26±0.02	0.26±0.02
MCV (10^15/L)	162.11 ± 34.65^a	159.54 ± 34.23^a	134.76 ± 52.87^a,b	128.68 ± 41.65^a,b	107.27 ± 18.43^b
MCH (10^12/L)	44.12 ± 11.73^a	39.75 ± 8.36^a,b	36.35 ± 11.51^a,b	32.66 ± 10.30^a,b	29.88 ± 9.31^b
MCHC (g/L)	0.28±0.04	0.25±0.05	0.29±0.11	0.25±0.04	0.27±0.07

Significant differences (𝑃<0.05) between groups are marked by different alphabetic superscripts.