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S. K. Garg 《Fish physiology and biochemistry》2007,33(4):347-358
Effects of oral administration of l-thyroxine (T4) on growth performance, body composition, and some aspects of nutritional physiology were investigated in two slow-growing
air-breathing fish (Channa punctatus and Heteropneustes fossilis) under laboratory conditions (LD 12:12 at 25°C). The results indicate that irrespective of the species, fish fed diets containing
lower doses of T4 (up to 50 mg kg−1 of diet in C. punctatus and up to 100 mg kg−1 of diet in H. fossilis) showed significantly (P < 0.05) higher growth (in terms of live weight and length gain, specific growth rate, percentage gain in body weight and
condition factor), low feed conversion ratio, high nutrient retention, high apparent protein digestibility, and high digestive
enzyme activity. Viscero-somatic (VSI) and hepato-somatic (HSI) values were also high in fish fed on low dietary T4 levels. Liver glycogen levels decreased with the increase in the dietary T4 levels, indicating its utilization during growth. Muscle glycogen levels in H. fossilis coincided with high growth at 100 mg of T4. Observation of the postprandial excretion of metabolites (N–NH4
+ and o-PO4
−) indicated significantly (P < 0.05) low levels in aquaria water where the fish were fed diets with low T4 levels. These studies further revealed that feeding fishes on higher T4 levels (above 50 mg in C. punctatus and above 100 mg in H. fossilis) not only repressed growth performance and nutrient retention, but also affected carcass composition by lowering protein
accumulation (muscle and carcass protein) and energy assimilation. These studies revealed a biphasic action of thyroxine,
i.e., the hormone at lower doses is anabolic, while at higher doses it acts as a catabolic agent, indicating that feeding
fishes on higher doses can be detrimental to their growth and metabolism. In summary, the results of the present study show
that feeding H. fossilis and C. punctatus on low doses of T4 enhances growth, decreases excretion of metabolites, and increases nitrogen retention. These observations suggest that T4 supplementation of the diet may have practical utility in the culture of slow-growing fish species. 相似文献
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I.K. PETROPOULOS K.D. THOMPSON A. MORGAN J.R. DICK D.R. TOCHER & J.G BELL 《Aquaculture Nutrition》2009,15(6):596-607
Duplicate groups of three genetic strains of Atlantic salmon smolts were cultured on diets containing either fish oil (FO) or a blend of vegetable oils (VO). Fatty acid compositions of liver and peripheral blood leucocytes were compared. The effect of different strains and diets on innate immune parameters and plasma prostaglandin E2 were also measured. Two strains were selected as being either 'fat' or 'lean' in terms of muscle adiposity. The third strain was a commercial stock (MH). Total replacement of dietary FO with VO resulted in reduced docosahexaenoic (DHA; 22:6 n -3) and eicosapentaenoic acids (EPA; 20:5 n -3) in liver, while oleic (18:1 n -9), linoleic (18:2 n -6) and α-linolenic (18:3 n -3) acids were all increased in VO-fed fish. Fatty acid compositions of blood leucocytes showed similar changes. Evaluation of innate immune function showed that in the fat strain, circulating leucocytes were significantly lower in VO fish. The lean strain also had significantly higher serum lysozyme activity than MH fish. Reduced haematocrit was seen in VO lean fish compared with FO lean fish. This study provides evidence of strain-induced differences in liver and leucocyte fatty acid compositions and innate immunity in Atlantic salmon fed either FO- or VO-based diets. 相似文献
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Sonia Mukherjee 《Aquaculture (Amsterdam, Netherlands)》2007,262(1):105-119
The spatial and seasonal variability of the respiratory enzyme succinate dehydrogenase and the protein content were examined in different tissues of fish cultured in three ponds along the effluent gradient of a sewage-fed fish farm. Indian major carp Catla catla (150-230 g) and Labeo rohita (60-190 g) cultured in both the middle and last points of the sewage effluent (stocking pond 1) and (stocking pond 4) and Oreochromis mossambicus (50-160 g), a naturally growing fish of the inlet (facultative pond) and the out let of the sewage effluent (stocking pond 4) were procured every month during the period of January-December, 2005 and were subjected to determination of succinate dehydrogenase activity, total protein, DNA and RNA contents from gill, liver and muscle tissue respectively. The SDH activity of all three test fishes (Catla catla, Labeo rohita and Oreochromis mossambicus) was reduced significantly (ANOVA; P < 0.05) when cultured in SP-4 compared to SP-1 in the case of Catla catla and Labeo rohita and in facultative pond in the case of Oreochromis mossambicus.Conspicuous differences in the SDH activity of fish between the last and first stocking pond or the facultative pond were clearly due to the result of the differences in water quality. There was a direct relationship between SDH activity in gill tissue of any of the fish investigated and ammonia-N concentration of water or water pH. This shows that the respiratory activity of these fishes was strongly affected by the ammonia and pH of water. In other words, this suggests that as the distance from the point source increases, there was a substantial improvement of water quality in the ponds located along the sewage effluent gradient. Evidently, there is a progressive pattern of growth, survival and physiological health of fish and abundance of favorable diversity of food organisms with rich biodiversity. 相似文献