Malathion-Induced Hematoxicity and Its Recovery Pattern in Barbonymus gonionotus

Table 1

Effects of sublethal exposure of malathion on hematology (mean ± SD) at different time intervals in B. gonionotus.

Parameter	Treatments	Exposure time (days)
		1	7	14	21	28
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	T1	13.63 ± 0.52^1a	12.77 ± 0.77^1a	13.04 ± 0.66^1a	12.52 ± 0.46^1a	12.69 ± 0.49^1a
	T2	12.97 ± 048^1a	11.89 ± 0.53^1ab	10.69 ± 0.4^2bc	9.97 ± 0.29^2c	9.71 ± 0.6^2c
	T3	11.39 ± 0.82^2a	8.25 ± 0.90^2b	7.65 ± 0.42^3bc	6.48 ± 0.54^3cd	6.03 ± 0.49^3d
PCV (%)	T1	45.26 ± 3.37^1a	43.88 ± 4.34^1a	42.99 ± 4.34^1a	43.07 ± 4.36^1a	43.68 ± 4.44^1a
	T2	43.64 ± 1.67^1a	39.23 ± 2.20^1ab	36.04 ± 2.48^1bc	34.46 ± 1.70^2bc	31.08 ± 2.11^2c
	T3	42.18 ± 1.40^1a	27.38 ± 3.85^2b	24.06 ± 3.04^2b	22.38 ± 2.55^3b	20.3 ± 1.65^3b
RBCs (×10^6/mm^3)	T1	5.72 ± 0.51^1a	5.79 ± 0.60^1a	5.87 ± 0.73^1a	5.75 ± 0.58^1a	5.69 ± 0.22^1a
	T2	5.29 ± 0.65^1a	5.15 ± 0.33^1a	5.00 ± 0.41^1a	4.83 ± 0.24^1a	4.67 ± 0.39^2a
	T3	4.97 ± 0.34^1a	4.37 ± 0.55^2a	4.03 ± 0.11^2ab	3.18 ± 0.65^2b	3.17 ± 0.25^3b
WBCs (×10^4/mm^3)	T1	3.19 ± 0.42^3a	3.02 ± 0.29^2a	3.10 ± 0.61^2a	3.12 ± 0.19^3a	3.03 ± 0.64^2a
	T2	3.83 ± 0.30^2a	4.11 ± 0.60^1a	4.26 ± 0.39^1a	4.31 ± 0.47^2a	4.37 ± 0.36^1a
	T3	4.70 ± 0.56^1a	5.03 ± 0.15^1a	5.24 ± 0.07^1a	5.48 ± 0.24^1a	5.51 ± 0.30^1a
MCV (μm^3)	T1	79.12 ± 6.28^1a	74.49 ± 4.72^1a	73.55 ± 5.55^1a	74.90 ± 12.80^1a	76.76 ± 5.20^1a
	T2	82.49 ± 6.99^1a	76.17 ± 1.79^1ab	72.07 ± 1.58^1ab	71.31 ± 2.30^1b	66.55 ± 5.06^2b
	T3	84.86 ± 3.44^1a	62.65 ± 4.15^2a	59.90 ± 9.11^2a	70.37 ± 17.93^1a	64.02 ± 0.68^3a
MCH (pg)	T1	24.03 ± 2.78^1a	22.15 ± 1.03^1a	22.44 ± 2.62^1a	22.01 ± 2.79^1a	22.31 ± 1.00^1a
	T2	24.72 ± 2.17^1a	23.14 ± 0.90^1ab	21.43 ± 1.02^1ab	20.69 ± 1.40^1b	20.83 ± 0.69^1b
	T3	22.93 ± 1.07^1a	18.97 ± 1.30^2a	18.98 ± 0.60^2a	21.02 ± 4.08^1a	19.10 ± 1.96^2a
MCHC (%)	T1	30.22 ± 2.15^1a	29.28 ± 2.42^1a	30.47 ± 1.75^1a	29.31 ± 3.04^1a	29.30 ± 3.13^1a
	T2	29.72 ± 0.16^1a	30.33 ± 0.65^1a	29.72 ± 1.12^1a	29.01 ± 1.67^1a	31.29 ± 1.46^1a
	T3	27.01 ± 1.78^1a	30.25 ± 1.03^1a	32.42 ± 5.90^1a	29.49 ± 5.66^1a	29.86 ± 3.35^1a

Values with different numeric superscripts differ significantly () between concentrations within the duration. Values with different letter superscripts differ significantly () between duration within the concentration. All values are expressed as mean ± SD.