Immunostimulatory Effect of Supplementary Diet Vitamin C on Growth, Haematology, Survival and Immunity of Fish, Catla Catla.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 12
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of vitamin C (Vit C) on the growth, blood parameters, haematocrit and survival in juvenile of carp fish Catla catla. Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) requirement of juvenile Catla catla was also studied by incorporating varying levels of Ascorbic acid in a 20% crude protein diet to obtain 0, 10, 20, 40, 80 and 120 mg ascorbic acid equivalent kg-1 diet. Juvenile fish of 5.25g ± 0.03g initial body weight were used for the present study. After 120 days of the experiment, the fish fed AA supplemented diets induced significantly (P<0.05) higher specific growth rate (SGR), protein conversion efficiency (PCE) and protein efficiency ratio (PER) and significantly (P<0.05) better feed conversion ratios (FCR) than fish fed with non supplemented diet. Fish fed non supplemented diet recorded a 15% rate of mortality, where as those fed with a diet supplemented with 120 mg ascorbic acid kg-1 had mortality as low as 0.05%. Haematological indices showed a significant increase (P<0.05) with dietary AA levels. The maximum growth rate was observed in fish fed with 120mg kg-1 of ascorbic acid, whereas the stunted and uneven growth appeared at lower levels of ascorbic acid. However 80 mg ascorbic acid kg-1 supplemented diet is considered as the optimal level required for juvenile Catla catla. The results presented in the current study revealed that vitamin C is a beneficial dietary supplement for improving the growth performance due to more supply of oxygen to deeper tissue of carp fish, Catla catla. A satisfactory level appeared to be 120mg ascorbic acid (AA) kg diet which is therefore the level recommended for supplementing common carp food in aquaculture for high yielding.
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S. Janardana Reddy
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