After anesthetization with MS222 (ethyl m-aminobenzoate methanesulfonate) and cannulation into the dorsal aorta of carp, blood lactate levels decreased from 80 mg/dl to 5 mg/dl in 24 hours. Circulating catecholamines concentrations and haemoglobin concentration showed the highest values (4-9 nM/l catecholamines and 11-12 g/dl haemoglobin) at one hour after cannulation and then decreased gradually to the constant values (about 3 nM/l catecholamines and 8 g/dl haemoglobin) until 24 hours after cannulation. Acidosis occurred from one hour after cannulation and subsided at 6 hour after cannulation. Blood pH, however, was significantly higher from 6 to 12 hours after cannulation and was unstable until 18 hours after cannulation. The above changes in the circulating catecholamines concentration, the haemoglobin concentration, and the blood pH contributed to clear the oxygen debt due to MS222 anesthesia and cannulation into the dorsal aorta. The cardiovascular parameters and the blood properties of carp appear to recover to normal from sequels of the operation in 18 to 24 hours after cannulation.