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Influence of combined vitamins C and E on non‐specific immunity and disease resistance of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)
Author(s) -
Wahli,
MarieHélène Verlhac,
Gabaudan,
Schüep,
; Meier
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2761.1998.00088.x
Subject(s) - yersinia ruckeri , rainbow trout , biology , respiratory burst , ichthyophthirius multifiliis , trout , vitamin e , vitamin c , ascorbic acid , immunity , vitamin , immune system , zoology , food science , antioxidant , fish <actinopterygii> , immunology , fishery , endocrinology , biochemistry
The effect of various combinations of vitamins C and E on immune response and disease resistance was investigated in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). The following combinations of vitamins were included in the diet (C/E): 0/0, 0/800, 2000/0, 30/30, 30/800, 2000/30, 2000/800. Liver ascorbic acid and alpha‐tocopherol contents reflected the dietary treatments well. Complement levels showed no significant differences. The combination of the high dietary doses of vitamins C and E significantly stimulated lymphoproliferation induced by Concanavalin A when compared with fish fed a low level of both vitamins, but also when compared with fish fed a low level of vitamin C and a high level of vitamin E. The highest macrophage oxidative burst activity, measured by chemiluminescence, was found in fish receiving both vitamins at high levels. In the disease resistance experiments, the best survival rates in trout infected with viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus were achieved with diets containing both vitamins at a high level, or at least one at a high and the other at a low level. Highest mortalities in fish infected with Yersinia ruckeri occurred in trout fed double‐deficient or double low diets. The best survival of fish exposed to Ichthyophthirius multifiliis was achieved with diets high in one and low in the other, or high in both vitamins. However, differences were not statistically significant in the parasite experiment.