EFFECT OF ELECTRIC STIMULATION ON HEART BEAT AND BODY MUSCLE IN FISH

Abstract

The effect of AC and DC electric stimulations on the heart-rate and the entire
body of Heteropneustis fossillis, Tilapia mossambica and .M acrobrachium rosenbergii were studied and presented in kymograph tracings. The reaction of spinal cord in Puntius ticto, Heteropneustis fossilis and Tilapia mossambica to D. C. field was observed to find out its role in electric shocks. A test-check of the electrical resistance of a few species was also conducted. The effect of D. C. and A.C. on the body muscle was found to be the same as that in the case of frog. Different degrees of cardiac slowing were observed in AC and DC. Unbalanced galvanotropic movements were also noticed in spinal fishes.