Journal
AQUACULTURE
Volume 424, Issue -, Pages 201-206Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.12.044
Keywords
Ctenopharyngodon idellus; Feed intake; Feeding-related gene expression; Feed utilization; Growth; Phytic acid
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Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2009CB118702]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31172420, 31072219]
- Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in the Public Interest of China [201003020]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2010PY010, 2011PY030]
- Huazhong Agricultural University Scientific & Technological Self-innovation Foundation [2012YB09]
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The negative effect of dietary phytic acid (PA) in feed intake is a common feature of response to stress in fish, but the regulation mechanism of feed intake is poorly understood. Our study was therefore conducted to estimate the effects of dietary PA on feed intake, feed utilization and feeding related gene expression in juvenile grass carp. The levels of dietary PA supplementation were 0 (control), 5 (low) and 40 (high) g kg(-1) diet, respectively. Triplicate groups (nine 300-L tanks) of grass carp (mean weight, 22.37 +/- 0.16 g) were fed twice daily (08:00 and 16:00 h) to satiation for 8 weeks. Supplemental PA decreased the weight gain, feed intake, feed utilization and digestive enzyme activities of grass carp. Dietary PA supplementation decreased the apparent digestibilities of phosphorus, calcium and crude protein. The gene expression levels of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) and cholecystokinin (CCK) in the brain were enhanced with the increase of dietary PA supplementation. However, the neuropeptide Y (NPY) and ghrelin mRNA expression levels were reduced in fish fed with low PA, but increased significantly (P < 0.05) in fish fed with high PA compared to the control. No significant differences were observed in the gene expressions of NPY receptors Y8a and Y8b among all the groups. The results of this study indicated that the decrease of feed utilization and the increase of CART and CCK gene expressions in the brain might be the main factors for the decrease of teed intake in grass carp caused by dietary PA supplementation. Crown Copyright (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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