Use of dietary ginger, Zingiber officinale Roscoe, as an immunostimulant to control Aeromonas hydrophila infections in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) |
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Authors: | E J Nya B Austin |
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Affiliation: | School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK |
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Abstract: | Ginger, Zingiber officinale, which was fed at 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 g per 100 g of feed for 14 days to rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), led to control of experimental infection with Aeromonas hydrophila . At 0.5 g ginger per 100 g of feed, there was a reduction in mortalities to 0% compared with the controls (64%). Moreover, there was a significant increase in growth, feed conversion and protein efficiency. There was proliferation in the number of neutrophils, macrophages and lymphocytes, and enhanced phagocytic, respiratory burst, lysozyme, bactericidal and anti-protease activities compared with the controls. |
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Keywords: | Aeromonas hydrophila ginger immunostimulant non-specific immune response rainbow trout Zingiber officinale |
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