EFFECT OF GLYPHOSATE BASED HERBICIDE ROUNDUP ON GILL STRUCTURE OF A FRESHWATER CRAB, Barytelphusa cunicularis (WESTWOOD 1836)

Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide that also has a desiccant effect on crops. This herbicide could build up in it and be leached into groundwater without damaging or affecting agricultural plants. Freshwater organisms, which are not intended to be targets for these detrimental components, are exposed to these substances and may demonstrate a range of changes in their bodies. These toxins may potentially make their way into the human body via the food chain. The extent of gill damage produced by the lethal exposure to roundup of the freshwater crab Barytelphusa cunicularis (Westwood 1836) was determined using histological studies. This herbicide could build up in it and be leached into groundwater without damaging or affecting agricultural plants. Freshwater organisms, which are not intended to be target for these detrimental components, are exposed to these substances and may demonstrate a range of changes in their bodies. These toxins may potentially make their way into the human body via the food chain. The extent of gill damage produced by the lethal exposure to roundup of the freshwater crab Barytelphusa cunicularis (Westwood 1836) was determined using histological studies. The purpose of this study was to see how the herbicide roundup altered histology in the freshwater crab Barytelphusa cunicularis in various tissues. Epithelial lifting, edema, necrosis, fusion of secondary lamellae, bleeding, and vacuolization in the gill stem were all seen in the experimental gills. Over the course of 1 to 4 days of treatment, the experimental crabs subjected to fatal amounts of the roundup revealed significant histological alterations.