Health Assessment of fish communities exposed to pig slurry in the Vaal River, South Africa

Wihan Pheiffer; Rialet Pieters

doi:10.4102/satnt.v31i1.344

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Health Assessment of fish communities exposed to pig slurry in the Vaal River, South Africa

Wihan Pheiffer, Rialet Pieters

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Wihan Pheiffer, North-West University, South Africa
Rialet Pieters, North-West University, South Africa

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This study evaluated the effects of untreated pig slurry on the general health of thefish communities in the lower Vaal area by using the Fish Health Assessment Index (FHAI)together with morphological biomarkers such as Gonad Mass Index (GMI), Hepato-SomaticIndex (HSI), the Condition factor (Cf) and microbial activity.

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