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Dietary organic acids blend alone or in combination with an essential oil on the survival, growth, gut/liver structure and de hemato‐immunological in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus
Author(s) -
Addam Kennya Gomes Silva,
Pereira Scheila Anelise,
Jesus Gabriel Fernandes Alves,
Cardoso Lucas,
Syracuse Nichola,
Lopes Gustavo Ruschel,
Lehmann Nicollas Breda,
Silva Bruno Correa,
Sá Lúvia Souza,
Chaves Francisco Célio Maia,
Martins Maurício Laterça,
Mouriño José Luiz Pedreira
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/are.14250
Subject(s) - biology , oreochromis , nile tilapia , tilapia , juvenile , food science , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , ecology
Abstract This study evaluated the effects of dietary supplementation of organic acids blend (OAB) alone or in combination with essential oil, Lippia origanoides (OAE) for Nile tilapia fed supplemented diets for 30 days. Fish (1.1 ± 0.04 g) were fed control (Control), or OAB 0.5% or OAB 0.5% + essential oil 0.125% (OAE) respectively. At the end of the experiment, samples were collected for de hemato‐immunological, histological analysis of the intestine and liver, as well as microbiology of the intestine. The pH of the diets supplemented with OAB and OAE reduced 0.92 and 0.19 respectively. The growth and FCR were unaffected by the treatments, but survival was significantly higher in the OAB treatment. Fish fed the OAB diet showed reduced concentration of total heterotrophic bacteria and Pseudomonas sp. in the intestine. Increased glucose in fish fed OAB and high number of circulating monocytes in fish fed OAE diet were observed. The anterior intestine of fish fed OAE diet showed larger number of goblet cells and increased villi height. The diet supplemented with OAB, mainly, improved the intestinal health and survival of tilapia juveniles and can be used in juvenile production.