饲料中添加“健肝散”预防丁桂鱼脂肪肝病变的作用

研究了在饲料中添加"健肝散"预防丁(Tinca tinca)脂肪肝的作用。采用"健肝散"添加量分别为0.1%、0.2%、0.4%的饲料进行丁养殖试验,试验周期为40d,观察"健肝散"对其生长指标、血清主要生理、生化指标的影响。结果表明,当"健肝散"添加量为0.4%时,丁的增重率、相对生长率和高密度脂蛋白胆固醇最高,肝脏脂肪含量最低,与空白对照组相比有显著差异(P<0.05),与氯化胆碱组均无显著差异(P>0.05);血浆中胆固醇、甘油三酯含量最高,与空白对照组相比有显著差异(P<0.05),与氯化胆碱组有显著差异(P<0.05);谷丙转氨酶、谷草转氨酶、乳酸脱氢酶的活性较低,与空白对照组相比有显著差异(P<0.05),其中乳酸脱氢酶的活性显著低于氯化胆碱组(P<0.05)。当"健肝散"添加量为0.2%和0.4%时,肝体比均较低,与空白对照组相比有显著差异(P<0.05),与氯化胆碱组无显著差异(P>0.05);添加量为0.1%、0.2%和0.4%时,低密度脂蛋白胆固醇均较高,与空白对照组相比有显著差异(P<0.05),与氯化胆碱组无显著差异(P>0.05)。在本研究条件下,丁鱼岁饲料中添加0.4%的“健肝散”时,可有效预防其脂肪肝疾病。     

饲料中添加"健肝散"预防丁(鱼岁)脂肪肝的作用

研究了在饲料中添加"健肝散"预防丁(鱼岁)(Tinca tinca)脂肪肝的作用.采用"健肝散"添加量分别为0 1%、0.2%、0.4%的饲料进行丁(鱼岁)养殖试验,试验周期为40 d,观察"健肝散"对其生长指标、血清主要生理、生化指标的影响.结果表明,当"健肝散"添加量为0.4%时,丁(鱼岁)的增重率、相对生长率和高密度脂蛋白胆固醇最高,肝脏脂肪含量最低,与空白对照组相比有显著差异(P＜0.05),与氯化胆碱组均无显著差异(P＞0.05);血浆中胆固醇、甘油三酯含量最高,与空白对照组相比有显著差异(P＜0.05),与氯化胆碱组有显著差异(P＜0.05);谷丙转氨酶、谷草转氨酶、乳酸脱氢酶的活性较低,与空白对照组相比有显著差异(P＜0.05),其中乳酸脱氢酶的活性显著低于氯化胆碱组(P＜0.05).当"健肝散"添加量为0.2%和0.4%时,肝体比均较低,与空白对照组相比有显著差异(P＜0.05),与氯化胆碱组无显著差异(P＞0.05);添加量为0.1%、0.2%和0.4%时,低密度脂蛋白胆固醇均较高,与空白对照组相比有显著差异(P＜0.05),与氯化胆碱组无显著差异(P＞0.05).在本研究条件下,丁(鱼岁)饲料中添加0.4%的"健肝散"时,可有效预防其脂肪肝疾病.     

饲料中添加“健肝散”对丁桂鱼脂肪肝的影响

研究饲料中添加"健肝散"预防丁桂鱼脂肪肝病变的作用。采用"健肝散"添加量分别为0.1%、0.2%、0.4%的饲料进行丁桂鱼养殖实验,实验周期为40d,观察"健肝散"对丁桂鱼生长、血清主要生化指标的影响,以及肝脏的组织病理学变化。实验结果,当"健肝散"添加量为0.4%时,丁桂鱼的增重率、相对生长率和高密度脂蛋白胆固醇最高,肝脏脂肪含量最低,与氯化胆碱组均无显著差异(P0.05)。血清中胆固醇、甘油三酯含量最高,与氯化胆碱组有显著差异(P0.05)。谷丙转氨酶、谷草转氨酶、乳酸脱氢酶的活性较低,其中乳酸脱氢酶的活性显著低于氯化胆碱组(P0.05)。添加量为0.2%和0.4%时,肝体比均较低,与氯化胆碱组无显著差异(P0.05)。添加量为0.1%、0.2%和0.4%时,低密度脂蛋白胆固醇均较高,与氯化胆碱组无显著差异(P0.05)。肝组织病理显示,0.4%"健肝散"添加组可有效降低肝细胞的脂肪病变程度。     

饲料中添加氯化胆碱对草鱼成鱼生长、脂肪沉积和脂肪代谢酶活性的影响

选用初始体质量为(314.7±9.9)g的草鱼(Ctenophary ngodon idella)240尾,随机分成4组,每组3个重复,每重复20尾鱼,分别饲喂氯化胆碱添加量为0%(对照组)、0.2%、0.4%和0.6%(占饲料的质量分数)的4组饲料(粗蛋白、粗脂肪含量分别为28.01%和4.54%),胆碱实测含量分别为1010mg/kg、2516mg/kg、4184mg/kg、5852mg/kg,养殖77d后,考察氯化胆碱对草鱼成鱼生长性能、脂肪沉积及脂肪代谢酶活性的影响。结果表明,与对照组相比较,添加0.4%和0.6%氯化胆碱可显著提高鱼体增重率(P0.05)、特定生长率(P0.05),降低饲料系数(P0.05);添加0.2%～0.6%氯化胆碱可显著降低肝胰脏和全鱼脂肪含量(P0.05);添加0.4%和0.6%氯化胆碱,肌肉脂肪含量显著下降(P0.05);添加0.2%～0.6%氯化胆碱可显著提高血清甘油三酯和总胆固醇含量(P0.05),添加0.4%和0.6%氯化胆碱可显著降低肝胰脏甘油三酯和总胆固醇含量(P0.05);在脂肪代谢酶方面,添加0.2%～0.6%氯化胆碱可显著提高前肠脂肪酶活性(P0.05),添加0.6%氯化胆碱显著提高脂蛋白脂酶活性(P0.05),添加0.4%～0.6%氯化胆碱可显著升高肝脂酶和总脂酶活性(P0.05)。综上所述,适量添加胆碱能改善草鱼成鱼生长性能,提高饲料利用率,降低肝胰脏、全鱼和肌肉的脂肪含量,提高脂肪代谢酶活性。建议草鱼实用饲料中氯化胆碱添加量为0.4%～0.6%。     

饲料中添加氯化胆碱、甜菜碱和溶血卵磷脂对异育银鲫生长、脂肪代谢和血液指标的影响

选取450尾健康的异育银鲫鱼种[体重为(7.46±0.2)g],随机分成5组,其中1组为对照组,2、3、4和5为试验组,投喂的饲料是在基础饲料中分别添加0.05%溶血卵磷脂、0.1%的溶血卵磷脂、0.1%甜菜碱和0.15%氯化胆碱(共含氯化胆碱0.21%),在室内可控温循环水养殖系统中饲养67d,研究3种添加剂对异育银鲫生长、脂肪代谢和血液指标等的影响。结果表明,各试验组异育银鲫的增重率比对照组均有提高,其中0.1%甜菜碱组和高剂量氯化胆碱(0.21%)组增重率分别比对照组提高了10.28%和9.23%,且差异显著(P<0.05)。试验组的饲料系数均比对照组有所下降,其中高剂量氯化胆碱(0.21%)组、0.1%的溶血卵磷脂组和0.1%甜菜碱组与对照组相比显著降低(P<0.05)。试验组的营养物质表观消化率、肌肉中蛋白质的含量与对照组相比均有提高,而肝体比、肝脏中脂肪含量、肌肉中脂肪含量均比对照组有所降低,其中试验组肝体比、肝脏中脂肪含量显著低于对照组(P<0.05)。血浆生化指标显示:高剂量氯化胆碱(0.21%)组和添加0.1%甜菜碱组血浆中的甘油三酯比对照组有所下降(P>0.05),而0.05%溶血卵磷脂、...     

豆粕型饲料中添加蛋氨酸对江黄颡鱼生长的影响

研究了在豆粕型饲料中添加不同浓度的蛋氨酸对江黄颡鱼生长的影响。试验鱼分为3个组,蛋氨酸的添加量分别为0、0.2%、0.4%,分别对应Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ组,Ⅰ组设为对照组,饲养周期为8周。试验结果表明,Ⅱ组、Ⅲ组的质量增长率显著高于对照组(P<0.05),其中Ⅱ组质量增长率最高(176.22±3.56)%;Ⅱ组的成活率显著高于对照组(P<0.05);各组的饲料系数与对照组比较无显著性差异(P>0.05),Ⅲ组饲料系数最小(2.60±0.13);各试验组之间的摄食量差异不显著(P>0.05),Ⅱ组的摄食量较对照组高12.50%。在本研究条件下,建议蛋氨酸的添加量为0.2%~0.4%。     

谷氨酰胺对杂交罗非鱼生长、饲料利用及抗病力的影响

以初始体质量为(9.87±0.20)g的全雄奥尼罗非鱼(Oreochromis niloticus♀×O.aureus♂)为实验对象,研究饲料中不同水平谷氨酰胺对奥尼罗非鱼生长、饲料利用及抗病力的影响。实验共设6个处理组,每组谷氨酰胺添加量分别为饲料质量的0、0.2%、0.4%、0.6%、0.8%和2.0%,各设3个平行。用开放式流水养殖,饲养8周。之后注射嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)进行感染实验,观察7d,计算成活率。结果表明,饲料中添加谷氨酰胺对杂交罗非鱼的增重率、特异生长率、成活率及饲料系数均无显著影响(P>0.05),但对蛋白效率和蛋白质沉积率影响显著(P<0.05)。添加量为0.6%和0.8%组的蛋白质效率显著高于添加量为0～0.4%组(P<0.05),其余各组间差异不显著(P>0.05)。蛋白质沉积率则以添加0.8%组最高,显著高于添加量为0～0.4%组(P<0.05),其余各组间差异不显著(P>0.05)。谷氨酰胺对杂交罗非鱼的肥满度和脾体比有显著影响(P<0.05),但对肝体比和头肾体重比则影响不显著(P>0.05)。用嗜水气单胞菌分别攻毒48h、72h和96h,谷氨酰胺0.6%～0.8%饲料组罗非鱼的存活率影响显著高于0～0.4%组(P<0.05);而对攻毒后1h及24h的存活率各添加组间无显著影响(P>0.05)。综上结果,建议奥尼罗非鱼配合饲料中谷氨胺酰胺的适宜添加水平为0.6%～0.8%。     

糖萜素对中华鳖的生长性能及其血清生化指标的影响

选取相同生长阶段、体重均匀的中华鳖72只,随机分为6组,每组2个平行,每个平行6只。糖萜素的添加量为每公斤饲料0、0.4、0.8、1.2、1.6、2.0 g。结果表明:试验2组中华鳖日增重最大,饲料系数最低,对照组日增重最小,饲料系数最高。试验5组与对照组相比差异不显著(P>0.05),其它组与对照组相比差异极显著(P<0.01)。试验组的饲料系数与对照组相比极显著降低(P<0.01)。试验5组中华鳖血清生化指标与对照组差异不显著(P>0.05),其它各组与对照组相比差异显著(P<0.05)。由此可见,在一定范围内,糖萜素能促进中华鳖的生长,降低饲料系数,提高饲料利用率;同时可以显著(P<0.05)降低中华鳖血清中尿素氮、甘油三酯及胆固醇的含量,提高总蛋白和白蛋白的含量。     

饲料中添加核苷酸对凡纳滨对虾幼虾生长、肠道形态及抗氧化酶活力的影响

本实验旨在研究外源核苷酸混合物对凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)幼虾生长性能、体组成、中肠肠道形态和抗氧化酶活力的影响。选取960尾初始体质量为(1.01±0.02)g的凡纳滨对虾,随机分为8组,分别投喂基础饲料和添加5种核苷酸混合物(5′-腺苷酸∶5′-胞苷酸∶5′-尿苷酸二钠∶5′-肌苷酸二钠∶5′-鸟苷酸二钠=1∶1∶1∶1∶1,mix-NT)的实验饲料,各实验组添加量分别为0.1、0.2、0.4、0.6、0.8、1.0和1.2 g/kg饲料,养殖期为7周。结果显示,饲料中添加5种核苷酸混合物对凡纳滨对虾的特定生长率(SGR)和饲料系数(FCR)影响不显著(P>0.05)。外源核苷酸显著影响凡纳滨对虾全虾水分含量(P<0.05),但对全虾粗蛋白、粗脂肪和灰分含量影响不显著(P>0.05)。肝胰指数(HSI)随饲料中核苷酸添加量的增加而显著升高(P<0.05),在0.6 g/kg组达到最高。0.4 g/kg组的肝胰腺谷草转氨酶(GOT)和谷丙转氨酶(GPT)活力及尿酸(UA)含量最低,但与对照组相比差异均不显著(P>0.05)。中肠肠壁厚度和肠绒毛高度均随着核苷酸添加量的增加呈先升高...     

鱼腥草或枳实对草鱼淋巴细胞转化率影响的比较研究

在草鱼基础饵料中分别添加0.1%、0.2%、0.3%、0.4%鱼腥草或枳实,45d后测定各试验组和对照组的淋巴细胞转化率,0.1%、0.2%、0.3%、0.4%试验组中,添加鱼腥草平均分别为60.15%±8.44%、66.03%±8.21%、63.36%±6.52%和53.96%±10.35%,添加枳实平均分别为67.04%±3.93%、71.23%±5.77%、72.57%±5.65%和63.15%±2.33%,对照组为54.98%±2.69%。统计结果表明添加枳实0.2%、0.3%组与对照组差异非常显著(P<0.01)、与添加0.1%鱼腥草组差异显著(P<0.05);添加枳实0.1%组、鱼腥草0.2%组与对照组差异显著(P<0.05);添加枳实0.3%组与0.4%组差异显著(P<0.05);其余各组比较,差异不显著。表明在饲料中添加一定量的枳实和鱼腥草可明显提高草鱼的淋巴细胞转化率,增强草鱼的免疫功能,是两种新的中草药免疫增强剂。     

Effects of complete replacement of fish oil with plant oil mixtures and algal meal on growth performance and fatty acid composition in juvenile yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an essential fatty acid for marine carnivorous fish. Algal meal (AM), available as a new dietary DHA source, could completely replace dietary fish oil (FO). In this study, dietary FO was replaced with plant oil mixtures and AM in juvenile yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata to investigate its effects on growth performance and fatty acid composition. The FO control diet was prepared with only pollack liver oil as the lipid source. For the non-FO diets, pollack liver oil was completely replaced with mixtures of canola oil and palm oil, with AM supplementation at 0% (AM0), 1% (AM1), 2% (AM2), 3% (AM3), and 4% (AM4). After completion of the 8-week feeding trial, the AM2 group showed significantly higher values for final body weight and feed efficiency than the AM0 group. No significant differences were observed in the other parameters of growth performance. Whole-body fatty acid composition reflected the dietary fatty acid composition in all dietary groups. These findings demonstrate that AM is useful as a DHA source in yellowtail aquaculture, thus contributing to a reduction in the use of FO in fish diets.

     

饲料脂肪含量与奥尼罗非鱼幼鱼肝脏形态结构特征的相关性

研究了投喂不同脂肪含量饲料时奥尼罗非鱼幼鱼（Oreochromis niloticus×O．aureus）肝脏形态学与组织学的变化规律，旨在阐明饲料脂肪对奥尼罗非鱼幼鱼脂肪肝发生的影响。饲料脂肪水平设置为0％、2％、4％、6％和8％等5个梯度组。随着饲料脂肪水平逐渐升高，奥尼罗非鱼幼鱼的增重率与肥满度均先上升后下降，1～5组肥满度分别为1．63±0．14、1．78±0．21、1．92±0．18、1．80±0．21和1．74±0．24。脂肪水平对奥尼罗非鱼肝脏形态学有明显影响，4～5组病鱼的肝胰脏肿大，呈油腻状，颜色发黄，柔软粉糊，有的出现白色坏死病灶，部分胆囊肿大且颜色变深，肠系膜均有过量的白色脂肪沉积。脂肪水平对奥尼罗非鱼肝脏组织学亦有明显影响，1～5组试验鱼的肝细胞直径随之增大，低脂肪水平的1～3组与高脂肪水平的4～5组具有显著差异，平均值分别为8．9和17．9μm，高脂肪水平的4～5组呈现肝细胞核偏位、胞浆内脂肪滴较多、细胞透明空泡化等症状。研究认为奥尼罗非鱼幼鱼饲料中脂肪添加量超过4％时对其肝脏形态学与组织学有一定影响。     

Growth performance,histological alterations and fatty acid profile in muscle and liver of sharp snout sea bream (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Diplodus puntazzo</Emphasis>) with partial replacement of fish oil by pork fat

Four isonitrogenous (42% crude protein) and isolipidic (20%) diets were formulated using four different percentages of pork fat to substitute fish oil at 0, 25, 50 and 75% to evaluate the performance, body composition, fatty acids and liver histology of sharpsnout sea bream juveniles. One hundred and twenty fish (average weight 33.4 ± 2.9 g) were randomly distributed into pens (90 l capacity). Triplicate groups were fed each test diet twice a day to apparent satiation for 84 days. No difference was observed for feeding and growth performance. The only significant difference with respect to carcass was in moisture content (P < 0.05). With respect to liver fatty acids, there were significant differences in EPA and DHA, being fish fed 75% of pork fat that obtained the lowest value. With respect to muscle fatty acids, there were significant differences in saturated fatty acids and fish fed 0% of pork fat obtained the lowest value, but in poly unsaturated fatty acids the 75% of pork fat reported the lowest value. Although in both fish muscle and liver fatty acids, fish fed 75% pork fat diet presented significant difference in n-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids and n3/n6, but in LA fish fed the 0% of pork fat diet presented the lowest value in liver and in fish muscle not only the 0% but also the 25% of pork fat diet obtained the lowest value.     

Use of White Fat as a Replacement for Squid Liver Oil in Practical Diets for Surubim Pseudoplatystoma coruscans

The effect of dietary lipid on culture performance, fatty acid composition of carcass, and the liver polar lipid of surubim fingerlings Pseudoplatystoma coruscans was investigated. Five isonitrogenous (46.5% crude protein) and isolipidic (19% crude lipid) diets were formulated with squid liver oil (SLO) and white fat (pig lard-PL) as lipid sources. Diet 1 was supplemented with 12% SLO, diet 2 with 8% SLO and 4% PL, diet 3 with 6% SLO and 6% PL, diet 4 with 4% SLO and 8% PL, and diet 5 with 12% PL. Fish were fed to apparent satiation over a 64-d feeding trial. No statistically significant difference ( P >0.05) was observed in growth performance of fish. In contrast, fatty acid profile of fish carcass and liver polar lipid fraction was affected ( P 0.05) by dietary fatty acid composition. Palmitic (16:O) and the oleic (18:1n-9) acids were the major saturated and monoene fatty acids respectively found in fish carcass, independent of the lipid source in the diets. The total amount of saturated and monoene fatty acids was significantly higher ( P 0.05) in the carcass of the fish fed diets 4 and 5, than in the other fish. The concentration ( P 0.05) of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids and the n-3/n-6 ratio in fish carcass and in polar lipid fraction of liver increased in direct proportion to the level of squid liver oil in diet. Results of this experiment clearly demonstrated that both squid liver oil and pig lard have a positive nutritive value for surubim and that it is possible to increase the n-3 to n-6 ratio in favor of n-3, without loss in the growth performance, feeding fish with a diet containing a lipid source rich in this fatty acid.     

Effects of nutritional status and diet composition on fatty acid transporters expression in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

This study investigated the expression of zebrafish (Danio rerio) fatty acid transporters, such as scavenger receptor CD36, plasma membrane fatty acid‐binding protein (FABPpm), and fatty acid transport protein family (FATPs), in responses to nutritional status and diet composition. For diet composition study, three isonitrogenous (43% crude protein) purified diets were formulated to contain 6%, 12% and 18% crude lipid levels. Meanwhile five isonitrogenous and isoenergetic purified diets were formulated to contain different lipid sources including fish oil (FO; rich in n‐3 HUFA), palmitic acid (PA; rich in C16:0), olive oil (OO; rich in C18:1n‐9), sunflower oil (SO; rich in C18:2n‐6) or perilla oil (PO; rich in C18:3n‐3) as the sole lipid source. Results showed that liver CD36, FABPpm‐a, FABPpm‐b, FATP1‐a and FATP6, intestine CD36, FABPpm‐a and FABPpm‐b, and muscle CD36 and FATP1‐b were significantly increased during postprandial period. During starvation, liver CD36, FABPpm‐a, FABPpm‐b and FATP1‐a, intestine FABPpm‐a, FABPpm‐b, FATP4 and FATP6, and muscle FATP1‐b, FATP4 and FATP6 were significantly increased. The expression of some fatty acid transporters (including liver CD36 and FABPpm‐b, intestine FABPpm‐a, and muscle CD36, FABPpm‐a, FATP1‐a, FATP2 and FATP4) was up‐regulated by refeeding, while the expression of other fatty acid transporters (liver FABPpm‐a and intestine FATP1‐a, FATP4 and FATP6) was down‐regulated by refeeding. The expression of several fatty acid transporters (liver FATP2 and FATP4, and intestine CD36, FATP2 and FATP4) was significantly increased by high‐lipid diet, whereas CD36, FATP1‐b, FATP2 and FATP4 expression in the muscle were reduced by increasing dietary lipid level. Compared with FO group, the muscle of fish fed the diet with OO had a higher CD36 mRNA abundance, while the muscle of fish fed the diet with OO and PO had a higher FATP1‐b expression. Compared with the FO group, the hepatic FATP2 mRNA was significantly increased in the PA group, while the intestine FATP2 mRNA was significantly increased in the SO and PO groups. In addition, intestine FATP4 expression in the PA and OO groups was lower compared with the FO group. The results indicate that zebrafish fatty acid transporters play a central role in coordinating the mobilization of fuel substrates in responses to nutritional status and diet composition.     

添加动植物性油脂填饲对鸭肥肝性能的差异影响

在骡鸭与樱桃谷鸭的填肥料中添加4%玉米油或鸭油,研究添加动植物油脂填饲对鸭产肝性能的差异影响。结果表明:添加玉米油,与添加鸭油填饲相比,2个品种鸭获得较高的肝重与较低的料肝比,且骡鸭添加玉米油组的肥肝率显著高于鸭油组(高出30%);经填饲,骡鸭的肥肝重较樱桃谷鸭高,同时料肝比较低,但差异均不显著(P>0.05)。意味着肥肝生产中,填饲时添加玉米油较添加鸭油更利于提高产肝性能;并且对骡鸭更有效。对于其根本原因,需进一步从分子水平上研究鸭肝的生脂酶基因、与甘油三酯分泌及脂肪分解相关酶基因的表达差异。     

养殖鱼类脂肪肝成因及相关思考

养殖鱼类脂肪肝病,是困扰水产养殖业多年的广发性病害,虽经多年研究和防治实践,至今尚不能得到根本遏制。本文回顾了近年来在养殖鱼类脂肪肝研究领域的重要研究成果,从营养和饲料、养殖环境、鱼类生理特性、物种差异和遗传变异等5个方面系统总结了导致养殖鱼类肝脏脂肪过量累积的原因。在综述已有成果的基础上,分析了当前鱼类脂肪肝研究和防治实践中存在的可能误区,并结合自身多年在鱼类、哺乳动物和人类脂肪肝研究中的成果和经验,探讨了养殖鱼类脂肪肝发生的生物学机制,提出了"营养型脂肪肝"与"氧化型脂肪肝"的区分标准,揭示了当前鱼类脂肪肝防治的复杂性和困难性,并对今后鱼类脂肪肝研究和防治实践提出了具体的研究方向和防治策略。     

Histopathology of abnormal livers and other organs of starry flounder Platichthys stellatus (Pallas) from the estuary of the Duwamish River, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Abstract. Starry flounder Platichthys stellatus (Pallas) from the Duwamish River estuary, which has received large volumes of pollutants in the past, and starry flounder from two relatively unpolluted reference areas were examined for pathological conditions. Gross and microscopic examination of starry flounders from the Duwamish River estuary revealed one or more of the following unusual liver characteristics in 92% (monthly range 85–100%) of the fish: liver discolouration, liver enlargement, severe fatty vacuolation of the hepatocytes, centrolobular cellular degeneration and necrosis of hepatocytes, megalocytic hepatocytes, proliferating perivascular fibroblasts displacing adjacent liver parenchyma, hepatic structural disarray and increased basophilia of hepatocytes in localized areas. Livers of starry flounders, usually spent spawners, from one of the reference areas also had one or more of these characteristics, although at a much lower frequency (<13%), and these included liver discolouration, increased fatty vacuolation of the hepatocytes and hepatic structural disarray.     

Essential fatty acids in Atlantic salmon: effects of increasing dietary doses of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids on growth, survival and fatty acid composition of liver, blood and carcass

Atlantic salmon fry (4 g) were fed for 4 months on semi-synthetic diets containing fatty acid methyl esters of either 18:2 n-6, 18:3 n-3 or a mixture of equal amounts of 20:5 n-3 and 22:6 n-3. The different amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids added were 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1 and 2% (by dry weight). Increasing levels of dietary n-3 fatty acids up to 1% gave faster growth rates in salmon fry, and fish fed the mixture of 20:5 n-3 and 22:6 n-3 seemed to grow faster than fish fed only 18:3 n-3. No significant effect on growth rate was seen when the dietary level of 18:2 n-6 was increased. Dietary inclusions of n-3 fatty acids reduced the mortality of salmon, while dietary 18:2 n-6 had no such beneficial effects.
The dietary treatments caused substantial changes in the fatty acid composition of blood and liver phospholipids (PL), whereas the total lipid fraction of the carcass was less affected. Increasing doses of 18:2 n-6 in the diet resulted in an increased percentage of 20:4 n-6 in liver and blood PLs, while the percentage of 20:3 n-9 decreased. The percentage of 18:2 n-6 also increased in liver, blood and carcass. Dietary 18:3 n-3 resulted in increased percentages of 18:3 n-3 and 20:5 n-3 in liver PLs, while the percentage of 20:3 n-9 decreased. There was, however, no significant increase in the percentage of 22:6 n-3. Dietary 18:3 n-3 produced no significant changes in the composition of blood fatty acids, but increased the percentage of 18:3 n-3 in the carcass. The dietary combination of the n-3 fatty acids 20:5 and 22:6 resulted in an increased percentage of 22:6 n-3 in blood and liver lipids and a decreased percentage of 20:3 n-9, but there were no changes in the percentage of 20:5 n-3.