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Activities of Lactate and Malate Dehydrogenase of the Sterlet and Russian Sturgeon under Conditions of Massive Spread of Muscle Pathology

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As a result of the performed study, the basic data were obtained on the level of lactate dehydrogenate (LDH) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) activity in two species of sturgeons caught in various regions of the Volga basin under conditions of spreading in the population of a pathology, one of its manifestations being stratification of muscle tissue. In the sterlet, a statistically significant increase of muscle LDH was revealed in fish with a pronounced stratification, while in the Russian sturgeon a tendency for such increase was noticed. In the group of sick fish a marked increase of dispersion of individual values of the enzyme activities in tissues was observed, which appears to indicate a disbalance of biochemical processes in the organism. The data obtained indicate that the stratification is not accompanied by a damage of myofibril sheaths and of liver cells. No obvious interspecies differences in the levels of LDH and MDH were observed between the sterlet and Russian sturgeon.

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Kuz'min, E.V., Kuz'mina, O.Y. Activities of Lactate and Malate Dehydrogenase of the Sterlet and Russian Sturgeon under Conditions of Massive Spread of Muscle Pathology. Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology 37, 35–42 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017561817827

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