Effect of various dietary vitamin A levels on growth performance and immune response of tilapia (<italic>Oreochromis niloticus</italic>)

doi:10.1007/s11703-010-1048-0

Front Agric Chin

2010, Vol. 4

Issue (4) : 507-512 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11703-010-1048-0

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Effect of various dietary vitamin A levels on growth performance and immune response of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Ran GUO^1,2(

), Chhorn LIM², Hui XIA^1,2, Mediha Yildirim AKSOR², Menghe LI³

1. Ocean College, Agricultural University of Hebei, Qinhuangdao 066000, China; 2. Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratories, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 990 Wire Road, Auburn, AL, 36830, USA; 3. Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS 38776 USA

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Abstract

Six purified vitamin-free casein-based diets were formulated to contain six levels vitamin A at 0, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, and 8000 IU·kg^-1, respectively. Tilapias (initial mean weight: 7.73±0.03 g) were fed the diets in quadruplicate aquaria to apparent satiation twice daily for 10 weeks. No differences in mortality, weight gain, or feed efficiency ratio (FER) were observed among the groups. Liver vitamin A levels reflected dietary vitamin A levels. Immune parameters, such as hemoglobin levels, total cell count, red blood cell count, total serum protein, and serum lysozyme activity, did not vary with the dietary vitamin A levels. White blood cell counts of fish in 2000 IU·kg^-1 diet groups were significantly higher than that in other diets groups. Serum complement activities of fish in 2000 and 4000 IU·kg^-1 vitamin A diet groups were also higher than those in other diet groups. After the 14-d challenge test, the mortality and antibody titer were similar among the treatments. The results indicated that dietary vitamin A inclusions did not affect the immune response of Oreochromis niloticus.

Keywords vitamin A health immune response tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Corresponding Author(s): GUO Ran,Email:toguoran@163.com

Issue Date: 05 December 2010

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Chhorn LIM,Hui XIA,Mediha Yildirim AKSOR, et al. Effect of various dietary vitamin A levels on growth performance and immune response of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)[J]. Front Agric Chin, 2010, 4(4): 507-512.

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Tab.1 Percentage composition and estimated nutrient content of basal diet (g·kg)

Tab.2 Mean final weight gain per fish, survival, and FER (feed efficiency ratio) of tilapia fed diets containing various levels of vitamin A

Tab.3 Mean alternative complement activity, lysozyme and serum protein of tilapia fed diets containing various levels of vitamin A for 10 weeks, and antibody titer after the 14-day challenge

Tab.4 Mean total cell count, red blood cell count, white blood cell, hemoglobin, and hematocrit of tilapia fed diets containing various levels of vitamin A for 10 weeks

Tab.5 Mean cumulative mortality of tilapia fed diets containing various levels of vitamin A at 14 d postimmersion challenge with

Tab.6 Mean vitamin A content of livers of tilapia after 10 weeks of feeding diets containing various levels of vitamin A

Fig.1 Mean vitamin A content of liver of tilapia after 10 weeks of feeding diets containing various levels of vitamin A

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