Article History
Received: 5 September 2020
Accepted: 9 February 2021
First Online: 21 February 2021
Declarations
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: In the present study, the care and treatment of fishes were undertaken in accordance with the guidelines of the CPCSEA [(Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals), Ministry of Environment & Forests (Animal Welfare Division), Govt. of India] on care and use of animals in scientific research. The experiment was performed with approval of statutory authorities of ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India (Deemed to be University under Sec. 3 of University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and ISO 9001:2015 certified). Furthermore, as the experimental <i>Labeo rohita</i> fish is not an endangered fish, the provisions of the Govt. of India’s Wildlife Protection Act (1972) are not applicable for the experimentation on this fish.
: All the authors are being informed and they have given their consent for the submission of this manuscript to Fish Physiology and Biochemistry journal.
: Authors bear no conflict of interest in the submission of this manuscript.