
Effects of dietary folic acid on growth, antioxidant capacity, non‐specific immune response and disease resistance of juvenile C hinese mitten crab E riocheir sinensis ( M ilne‐ E dwards, 1853)
Author(s) -
Wei J.J.,
Zhang F.,
Tian W.J.,
Kong Y.Q.,
Li Q.,
Yu N.,
Du Z.Y.,
Wu Q.Q.,
Qin J.G.,
Chen L.Q.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aquaculture nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2095
pISSN - 1353-5773
DOI - 10.1111/anu.12275
Subject(s) - eriocheir , chinese mitten crab , biology , malondialdehyde , superoxide dismutase , zoology , food science , antioxidant , aeromonas hydrophila , biochemistry , vitamin , fishery , fish <actinopterygii>
An 8‐week study was conducted to determine folic acid requirement and its effect on antioxidant capacity and immunity in juvenile Chinese mitten crab E riocheir sinensis (Milne‐Edwards, 1853), followed by a challenge assay with the pathogen A eromonas hydrophila for 2 weeks. Folic acid was added to a basal diet at seven levels (0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0, 16.0 mg folic acid kg −1 diet), and a diet free of folic acid and vitamin B 12 was also included as a control. Crabs were fed twice daily in 32 tanks with 7.76–8.17 mg oxygen L −1 , 25.0–31.0 °C and 7.5–8.3 p H . Growth and feed efficiency were significantly greater in crabs fed ≥2.0 mg folic acid kg −1 , but not significantly different between crabs fed diets >2.0 mg folic acid. The superoxide dismutase activity and glutathione S‐transferase activity were highest in crabs fed ≥2.0 mg folic acid kg −1 , followed by those fed 0.5 and 1.0 mg folic acid kg −1 , and the control diet. The malondialdehyde content was highest in crabs fed the control diet, followed by those fed 0 mg folic acid kg −1 , and the lowest value occurred in those fed ≥0.5 mg folic acid kg −1 . Phenoloxidase activity and total haemocytes were significantly higher in crabs fed ≥2.0 mg folic acid kg −1 than other diets. Crabs fed 2.0 mg folic acid kg −1 had the highest lysozyme, acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase activities but the lowest cumulative mortality. The optimum dietary folic acid requirement by E . sinensis was estimated at 2.29–2.90 mg kg −1 diet.