The study was carried out to assess the effectiveness of iron fortified fish sauce on body iron storage in non-pregnant women at reproductive age 16-49 in Minh Tan and Kim Thai communes, Vu Ban, Nam Dinh. The study was randomly and doubly blinded and lasted in 18 months. Women from 21 villages of these two communes were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups. The control group consisted of 189 subjects receiving type I (15 degree of nitrogen) fish sauce. The intervention (supplementation) group consisted of 198 subjects receiving iron fortified fish sauce. The results showed that daily consumption of iron fortified fish sauce has significantly improved the body iron storage in these women. After 6 months of the intervention, the body iron storage was significantly increased in the intervention group in comparison with the control group (P<0.0001). The improvement was maximum at 12th month and sustained until 18th month.
Iron ; Fishes

No abstract available.
Fishes* ; Parasitic Diseases*

The survival ability of the larve of Clonorchis sinensis in raw fish dish prepared by traditional culinary method in NghiaLac commune, NghiaHung District,NamDinh province and the larve of Paragonomus heterotrimus in grilled crabs processed in KhanhHoa commune, LucYen district, YenBai province was investigated..In this raw fish dish, 93-95% of the microcerca of Clonorchis sinensis and in this grilled crab, 23,3-65% of microcerca had been living
Fishes ; Clonorchis sinensis ; epidemiology

In this study, the contents of steroid hormones and micro-substances in 5 salt-water fishes including Sea-horse, White hering, Garrupa, Selachian and Mackerel were studied. The result demonstrated that: the contents of steroid hormones in 5 mentioned fishes were relatively higher than other salt-water creatures. The study also explored the availability as well as contents of some necessary micro-substances in these salt-water fishes (K, Ca, Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn, Se). Although, the ability of using the active elements in the 5 salt-water fishes as medicines to enhance health and prevent diseases is very potential, it needs further studies
Steroids, Hormones, Fishes

The survival ability of the larvae of Clonorchis sinensis in raw fish dish prepared by traditional culinary method in Nghia Lac commune, Nghia Hung District, Nam Dinh province and the larvae of Paragonimus heterotrimus in grilled crabs processed in Khanh Hoa commune, Luc Yen district, Yen Bai province was investigated. In this raw fish dish, 93-95% of the microcerca of Clonorchis sinensis and in this grilled crab, 23.3-65% of microcerca had been living
Clonorchis sinensis ; Fishes ; Paragonimus

4826 stool samples collected from 5 communes were examined by Kato- Katz technique. The infection rate of clonorchis sinensis was 33,9% in average (22,5% to 37,3%). The infection rate in male was higher than in female by 4 times and highest in 40- 49 age group (51,9%). The habit of eating raw fish is very common in this area (55,6%- 80,4%). The adult worms from patients in these study sites were identified as clonorchis sinensis
Clonorchis sinensis ; epidemiology ; Fishes ; Helminths

The first transgenic fish was generated in China about 30 years ago. Since then, considerable progress has been achieved for farmed fishes breeding with improvement of target traits of growth, disease resistance, stress tolerance, and nutrition qualities. Up to now, the technology of transgenic fish breeding is almost mature and the biosafety assessment is established. In this review, a successful example of the fast-growing transgenic common carp was presented and the foreground of transgenic fish breeding was also discussed and prospected.
Animals ; Animals, Genetically Modified ; Breeding ; China ; Fishes

Gold fishes were used to determine exophthalmos-inhibitory effect of anti-EPS serum. Anti-EPS Serum was obtained by repeated injection of serum from a patient of malignant exophthalmos to a guinea pig. The exophthalmos-inhibitory effect on fish was determined by measuring the intercorneal distance of fishes by the use of a micrometer before and after the injection of sera, and the percentage in that distance were calculated. The responsiveness of fishes was partly controlled by the injections of normal guinea pig serum and the serum from a patient of endocrine exophthalmos. The injections of the serum from the patient provoked exophthalmos. The injections of the serum from the patient, followed by the injections of normal serum of guinea pig provoked no exophthalmos. The injections of the patient's serum followed by injections of antiserum of guinea pig resulted in marked enophthalmos. These results suggest that the normal guinea pig serum and the antiserum from the guinea pig contains exophthalmos-inhibitory factor, and that this effect was greater in the serum treated by patient's serum.
Animals ; Enophthalmos ; Exophthalmos* ; Fishes ; Guinea Pigs ; Humans

Ten fresh water fish species (Hypothalmichthys molitrix, Tilapia mossambica, Mylopharyngodon piceus, Cirrhina molitorella, Squaliobabus curriculus, Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ophicephatus, Pluta alba, Clarias fuscus) collected from five markets in Ha Noi city: Dang Tran Con (Dong Da district), North Thanh Xuan (Thanh Xuan district), Thanh Cong (Ba Dinh district), Van Dien (Thanh Tri district), and Phung Khoang (Tu Liem district) were examined for Clonorchis metacercaria and Gnathostoma larvea. Seven species were found to be infected with Clonorchis metarcecaria and only eels (Fluta alba) infected with Gnathostoma larvae. The samples of Clonorchis sp metacercaria were identified as Clonorchis sinensis and Gnathostoma larvae as Gnathostoma spinigerum
Clonorchis sinensis ; Larva ; Gnathostoma ; fishes ; Fresh Water

OBJECTIVETo explore the present contamination status and profile of toxaphene in fish, chicken and meat samples in Pearl River Delta area.

METHODSTotally 60 independent samples including fish, chicken, meat were collected from Huizhou,Guangzhou,Dongguan,Jiangmen of Pearl River Delta area in Guangdong by purposive sampling from Oct 2010 to Jun 2011. Toxaphene monomer Parlar26, Parlar50 and Parlar62 levels in three various categories of foods were quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed referencing international authoritative standard methods by utilizing isotope dilution high-resolution gas chromatography/high-resolution double-focusing magnetic mass spectrometry (HRGC-HRMS). The levels of pollution and characteristics were compared.

RESULTSThe concentration of toxaphene median(M) in fish, chicken and meat were 12.87, 5.8 and 1.89 ng/kg (gross weight) , respectively and the difference was significant(H = 14.29, P = 0.001). The toxaphene level in seafish (M = 32.07 ng/kg) was significantly higher than that in freshwater fish (M = 10.63 ng/kg, Z = -2.52, P = 0.012). The profile analysis showed that Parlar50 and Parlar26 were the predominant characteristic monomers in fish, which contributed about 44% (9.91/22.60, ng/kg) and 39% (8.89/22.60, ng/kg) to total concentration, and Parlar62 and Parlar26 were the two predominant congeners in poultry products, the two congeners accounted for 42% (5.03/11.90, ng/kg) and 38% (4.58/11.90, ng/kg). Furthermore Parlar26 and Parlar62 made up about 57% (3.45/6.08, ng/kg) and 26% (1.58/6.08, ng/kg) of total concentration in livestock meat respectively.

CONCLUSIONToxaphene levels in all tested food samples are far lower than the limited standard stipulated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in 2002, which was 0.1 mg/kg. The congener characteristic difference in the three categories food indicated that the different enrichment ability in Toxaphene in different animal species.