The Effect of Adding Aloe Vera (Aloe barbadensis) in the Diet on Growth Performance and Some Blood Parameters and Serum Biochemical Indices in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Challenged with Saprolegnia parasitica

Mehrabi, Zibandeh; Firouzbakhsh, Farid; Rahimi, Ghodrat; Kolangi, Hamed

doi:10.22059/jfisheries.2017.232936.985

The Effect of Adding Aloe Vera (Aloe barbadensis) in the Diet on Growth Performance and Some Blood Parameters and Serum Biochemical Indices in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Challenged with Saprolegnia parasitica

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Zibandeh Mehrabi ¹

Farid Firouzbakhsh ¹

Ghodrat Rahimi ²

Hamed Kolangi ³

¹ Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Animal Science and Fisheries, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University (SANRU), Sari, Iran

² Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Fisheries, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University (SANRU), Sari, Iran

³ Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

10.22059/jfisheries.2017.232936.985

Abstract

In this study, effects of aloe vera on growth performance, Hematology and serum biochemical indices and the resistance to Saprolegnia parasitica were studied in rainbow trout for 8 weeks. Aloe vera powder at levels of 0, 5, 10 and 15 g/kg were added to a basal diet. At the end of trial period, the fish were exposed to the fungus S. parasitica. The results showed that all treatments fed with aloe vera-included diets showed significant increases in weight gain, specific growth rate and reduced feed efficiency compared to the control. Also fish treated with aloe vera showed significant increases in hematology and serum parameters in comparison with control. However, significant reduction in mortality was observed in the treated fish with 15 g/kg diet of aloe vera compared to the other treatments and the control following challenging with S. parasitica, but 5 g/kg diet of aloe vera survival rate increased significantly compared with control. According to the results, the use of aloe vera powder, especially at a level of 5 g/kg in rainbow trout diet is recommended in order to improve growth and immunity parameters as well as boosting fish resistance against S. parasitica contamination.

Keywords

Aloe Vera

Growth

immune response

Saprolegnia parasitica

Rainbow trout

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