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Figure 3: Light micrograph sections showing histological structures through kidney of C. carpio affected by dietary treatment at 5 μm thickness. (A) control kidney showing normal histology (B) aflatoxic kidney (4 mg kg dw-1) showing hemosiderosis together with melanomacrophage infiltration (yellow arrows) (C&D) aflatoxic kidney (6 mg kg dw-1) showing infiltration of protein substances in tubules (*), degenerative changes in the form of cytoplasmic vacuolation and acute cellular degeneration of the tubular epithelium and necrosis in the tubular epithelium (black arrows). Scale bars: 50 μm, H&E. |