“…The final elimination half-life for OTC in both fish species were similar but were prolonged compared to mammals (Baggot, 1977;Nouws & Vree, 1983;Nouws et al, , 1986. A prolonged half-life (15 h) was also observed for gentamicin in channel catfish (Ictalum punctatw, Rolf et al, 1986), for sulphadimidine in carp (tl,2 = 18 h, Nouws et al, 1986) and for chloramphenicol in carp (20°C) and rainbow trout (12°C) following i.m. injection (similar tI/, values for both species, being 9-10 h; J. L. Grondel & J. F. M. Nouws, unpublished data).…”