Operculum Movements
Results
My fish was administered Ketamine and a change of operculum movements was seen when you compare the baseline average of Table 1 to the operculum movements when the drug was introduced in Table 2. This difference marked a behavioral abnormality of the fish and consequently the drug dispensation was stopped. Another abnormality in behavior was the fish having rhythmic breathing and swimming compared to erratic breathing and stationary movement. It appears that the operculum movements increased when the drug took effect. It went from 41 mvmt. /minute to 71 mvmt. / minute as seen in Table 2. This would suggest an increase in metabolic rate. However, the behavior of the fish showed that it had rapid operculum movement to periods of no operculum movement which would represent a decrease in metabolic rate. My fish was the only fish to have an increase in operculum movement when 1st effect was observed. …show more content…
Each fish experienced a deviation from its normal behavior. Many fish became stationary, some spastic, while others appeared to be dizzy. It shows in this table that Ketamine had a faster effect on the fish and was given in smaller concentrations than Isoflurane. This is also shown in figure 1. The R- value was 0.7772. In figure 2, the percent difference varied among all fish. The fish who inhaled Isoflurane had a slightly higher percent difference than those given Ketamine. This means that there was a higher metabolic rate change. The R-value was calculated to be 0.3857. In table 4, the t- test determined that there was a statistical difference between the concentration means when the first effect of the drug was seen. If the p-value was less than or equal to 0.05 then the mean concentrations are significantly different from each other which is the case for this
My fish was administered Ketamine and a change of operculum movements was seen when you compare the baseline average of Table 1 to the operculum movements when the drug was introduced in Table 2. This difference marked a behavioral abnormality of the fish and consequently the drug dispensation was stopped. Another abnormality in behavior was the fish having rhythmic breathing and swimming compared to erratic breathing and stationary movement. It appears that the operculum movements increased when the drug took effect. It went from 41 mvmt. /minute to 71 mvmt. / minute as seen in Table 2. This would suggest an increase in metabolic rate. However, the behavior of the fish showed that it had rapid operculum movement to periods of no operculum movement which would represent a decrease in metabolic rate. My fish was the only fish to have an increase in operculum movement when 1st effect was observed. …show more content…
Each fish experienced a deviation from its normal behavior. Many fish became stationary, some spastic, while others appeared to be dizzy. It shows in this table that Ketamine had a faster effect on the fish and was given in smaller concentrations than Isoflurane. This is also shown in figure 1. The R- value was 0.7772. In figure 2, the percent difference varied among all fish. The fish who inhaled Isoflurane had a slightly higher percent difference than those given Ketamine. This means that there was a higher metabolic rate change. The R-value was calculated to be 0.3857. In table 4, the t- test determined that there was a statistical difference between the concentration means when the first effect of the drug was seen. If the p-value was less than or equal to 0.05 then the mean concentrations are significantly different from each other which is the case for this