Electrophoretic studies of serum proteins of fourTilapiaspecies (Pisces)

✍ Scribed by H. K. Badawi

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 249 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0025-3162
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00350923

✦ Synopsis

The blood serum of 4 Tilapia species were analyzed electrophoretically for protein components, and the percentage of proteins in each fraction was determined. Sera from Tilapia nilotica LnwA~vs, T. zillii GEgvAIS, T. galilaea ARTEDI, and T. aurea (STEINDAcm~.~) were studied. Characteristic protein fractions for each species were obtained. The species differed in the number of protein fractions and in the final mobilities; T. nilotica sera migrate t20 ram, T. zillii sera 95 mm, T. galilaea sera 90 mm, and T. aurea sera 118 mm. The mobilities for fractions I and 2 were similar for the 4 species' sera. Interspecific differences in the amount of protein occurred. Diet may be a major contributing factor to the variations observed in the amount of total protein.