The growth performance and nonspecific immunity of loach Paramisgurnus dabryanus as affected by dietary β-1,3-glucan

Publication date: Available online 18 September 2018Source: Fish & Shellfish ImmunologyAuthor(s): Ming Zhu, Shengjun WuAbstractFour diets supplemented with three different levels of β-1,3-glucan (0.5, 1, and 2 g kg−1) were formulated and tested for growth, intestine digestive-enzyme activities, PO, SOD and GPx activities and erythrocytes number, phagocytic percentage of erythrocytes and lysozyme activity and resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila of loach Paramisgurnus dabryanus. A diet without any β-1,3-glucan served as the control. After 60 days of feeding, the growth performance, intestine digestive-enzyme activities, nonspecific immunity, and resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila of P. dabryanus were higher than those of the control when the loaches P. dabryanus were fed with β-1,3-g...

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