The Behavioral Profiling of Freshwater Hill stream Fish Barilius bendelisis (Hamilton) After the Exposure of Vitamin- C

Abstract

Behavioural profiling of the fish is an output of all the internal and external interactions. Barilius bendelisis is a Hill trout confined in the hillstreams. In the present investigation, different doses of vitamin c were given to the Barilius bendelisis. The exposed fishes were studied concerning their growth, chronic stress hormone cortisol by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay as well as their behavioural profiling with the help of Software Ethovision XT 13 (Noldus, infotech, Wageningen, the Netherlands). In the present study, vitamin c plays a significant part in the growth performance and the behavioural scoring of swimming speed, turn angle, travelled distance and area of exploration. The behavioural profiling and growth performance exhibited a significant difference at P≤0.05