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RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
Volume 101, Issue -, Pages 84-88Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2015.06.002
Keywords
Spirulina platensis; Immunostimulants; Hematology; Serum biochemistry; Rainbow trout
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- Iranian National Elite Foundation
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This study evaluated the effects of diets containing 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10% of Spirulina platensis on hematological and serum biochemical parameters of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Fish (n = 180; 101 +/- 8 g) were randomly divided into fifteen 300 L fiberglass tanks in triplicates for a period of ten weeks. The RBC, WBC, hemoglobin, total protein and albumin levels increased significantly in the groups supplemented with S. platensis. Dietary inclusion of S. platensis had no significant effects on hematocrit, cholesterol, triglyceride and lactate of the blood. HDL-cholesterol was larger in rainbow trout fed 10% S. platensis in comparison with the other diets, whereas LDL-cholesterol significantly decreased with increasing of S. platensis inclusion. Conisol and glucose significantly decreased with increasing of S. platensis inclusion. The present results demonstrate that inclusion of 10% S. platensis can be introduced as an immunostimulant in rainbow trout diets. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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