THE EFFECT OF EXHAUSTIVE CHASING TRAINING ON PARAMETERS OF RESPIRATORY AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND EXCESS POST-EXERCISE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN JUVENILE QINGBO (SPINIBARBUS SINENSIS) AND ROCK CARP (PROCYPRIS RABAUDI)

To investigate the effects of exhaustive chasing training on parameters of respiratory and circulatory system and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) in juvenile qingbo (Spinibarbus sinensis) and rock carp (Procypris rabaudi), sixty samples of S. sinensis (28.36±0.08) g and sixty samples of P. rabaudi (19.53±0.13) g were randomly divided (equally 30 fish in each group) into control group and training group, respectively. Then, these fish in the training group were analyzed under exhaustive chasing training once per day for 3 weeks at 25℃ to measure the heart index, gill index, hematological parameters, and EPOC. The results showed that there were no significant differences in the heart index, gill index, hemoglobin content, and number of red cells between the control group and training group of S. sinensis and Procypris rabaudi(P<0.05). The gill index in the control group ofP. rabaudi was significantly lower than that in the control group of S. sinensis(P>0.05), whereas the heart index, hemoglobin content, and number of red cells in the control group ofP. rabaudi were not significantly different than that in the control group of S. sinensis(P<0.05). No significant differences were found in pre-exercise metabolic rate, peak post-exercise metabolic rate, factorial metabolic scope, and recovery rate between the control group and training group (P>0.05), whereas duration of EPOC in the training group was significantly higher than that in the control group ofS. sinensis (P<0.05). The pre-exercise metabolic rate in the control group was significantly lower than that in the training group (P<0.05), whereas peak post-exercise metabolic rate and factorial metabolic scope, duration of EPOC, and recovery rate in the control group were not significantly different than that in the training group ofP. rabaudi(P>0.05). The pre-exercise metabolic rate, peak post-exercise metabolic rate, EPOC magnitude, and recovery rate in the control group ofP. rabaudi were significantly lower than that in the control group of S. sinensis(P<0.05), whereas factorial metabolic scope and duration of EPOC in the control group ofP. rabaudi were not significantly different than that in the control group of S. sinensis(P>0.05). Our results suggested that (1) exhaustive chasing training had no significant effects on the parameters of respiratory and circulatory system ofS. sinensisandP. rabaudi(P>0.05); (2) exhaustive chasing training significantly increased anaerobic capacity ofS. sinensis(P<0.05); and (3) the pre-exercise metabolic rate and peak post-exercise metabolic rate ofS. sinensis were significantly higher than those of P. rabaudi(P<0.05), which may be related to active habits ofS. sinensis.