@article{Fazio_Ferrantelli_Fortino_Arfuso_Giangrosso_Faggio_2015, title={The influence of acute handling stress on some blood parameters in cultured sea bream (Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758)}, volume={4}, url={https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2015.4174}, DOI={10.4081/ijfs.2015.4174}, abstractNote={The effect of acute handling stress on haematological profile, blood glucose and lactate (secondary stress markers) in cultured sea bream <em>Sparus aurata</em> was evaluated. Sixty six <em>Sparus aurata</em> were used and equally divided into two groups (A and B). Group A was not subjected to stress, Group B was subjected to acute handling stress. From each fish, biometric data and blood samples were collected to evaluate haematological profile, blood glucose and lactate. Unpaired t-test Student was applied to evaluate possible differences in parameters between the two groups. Red blood cells, haematocrit, haemoglobin, white blood cells (WBC), glucose and lactate showed an increase (P<0.05) in Group B compared with Group A, while mean corpuscular volume decreased (P<0.05) in Group B. The results highlight the role of studied parameters in monitoring the stressful conditions of aquaculture production which affect animal welfare and fish products quality.}, number={1}, journal={Italian Journal of Food Safety}, author={Fazio, Francesco and Ferrantelli, Vincenzo and Fortino, Gianluca and Arfuso, Francesca and Giangrosso, Giuseppe and Faggio, Caterina}, year={2015}, month={Mar.} }