The effects of dietaryBacillus subtilison immune response, hematological parameters, growth performance, and resistance of juvenile olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) againstStreptococcus iniae

Autor: Kim Jae Won, Kim Sung Hun, Kyeong-Jun Lee, Jaehyeong Shin, Seung-Cheol Ji, Woo Seo Hyung, Min-Gi Kim, Ji-Hoon Cha, Chorong Lee
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. 51:551-562
ISSN: 1749-7345
0893-8849
Popis: We investigated the effects of different levels of dietary Bacillus subtilis (BS) on innate immunity, growth performance, feed utilization, and disease resistance of juvenile olive flounder. A control diet was formulated without probiotic, and three other diets were prepared adding different doses (1 × 10⁷, 3 × 10⁷, and 5 × 10⁷ CFU/g feed) of BS (designated as Control, BS1, BS3, and BS5, respectively). Triplicate groups of fish (initial body weight, 25 g) were fed for 12 weeks. Fish fed BS‐containing diets showed significantly higher nonspecific immune responses than fish fed the control diet. Fish fed the BS5 diet showed significantly higher growth performance and feed utilization efficiency than fish fed the control diet. Fish fed the BS diets showed remarkably higher resistance against Streptococcus iniae than fish fed the control diet. These results indicate that BS supplementation at a dose of 5 × 10⁷ CFU/g diet can improve innate immunity, growth performance, feed utilization, and disease resistance against S. iniae in olive flounder.
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