Vol. 8, Issue 6 (2019)

Author(s):
Remya Devi GS, Biju A and Sreejai R

Abstract:
Carbofuran is a carbamate class of pesticide widely used as an insecticide in agricultural field throughout Kerala. The present investigation is focused on the effect of sublethal concentration (3ppm) of carbofuran toxicity in the liver of fresh water fish Tilapia niloticus for thirty days with parallel untreated control. No histopathological effects were observed in control group. Exposure dependent alternations like haemorrhage, blood spilling, dissociated hepatocytes, granular cytoplasm, necrosis, dilation of sinusoids and degeneration of parenchymatous cells were observed in the liver cells.