Abstract
Abstract
Agricultural production of high yielding varieties requires the freely use of pesticides and fertilizers, in order to protect crops from pests. Thus, it helps in improving the quality and quantity of crops. The aquatic environment is polluted through the use of pesticides, which poses serious health risks to the aquatic ecosystem as well as to humans. This exposure can directly affect the biological regulation, including primary producers, microorganisms, invertebrates or fish. Two hundred samples of carp fish found on the Tigris River have been collected for this study. The study included three sites on the river (Al-Suwaira - Al-Battar - Al-Kut dam) with the help of a local fisherman. Therefore, the goal of the study was to ascertain how the acetamiprid affected the blood images of common carp fish exposed to it in the affected aquatic environment, particularly red blood cells and hemoglobin. In addition to the effect of acetamiprid on antioxidant (CAT, SOD, GPX) enzymes. The collected fish were divided into two groups 150 fish exposed to the pesticide and 50 those are not exposed. The results showed a significant decreasing in hemoglobin concentration and RBC account. Pesticide-exposed fish showed lower enzyme levels than fish that weren’t exposed to them. We come to the conclusion that the pesticides employed by farmers are harmful to the aquatic environment, have a negative impact on several important biological systems as well as the organ functions in the fish’s body.