Journal
AQUACULTURE NUTRITION
Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 638-649Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2095.2008.00633.x
Keywords
aquatic animals; Atlantic salmon; bone health; fish; gamma-glutamylcarboxylase; menadione nicotinamide bisulphite; nutrient requirement; vitamin K
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- The Research Council of Norway [153472]
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The aim of the present study was to elucidate if increasing levels of added vitamin K in the feed influenced fish growth, health or the incidences of bone deformities in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) from onset of start feeding to similar to 100 g in freshwater. Duplicate groups of Atlantic salmon fry (similar to 0.20 g) were fed eight levels (0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 15, 20 and 50 mg menadione kg-1) of the vitamin K derivate menadione nicotinamide bisulphite (MNB) in a regression design for 28 weeks. All fish maintained high growth rates throughout the experiment, and showed no significant differences in specific growth rate, condition factor, whole body proximate analysis, blood coagulation time, vertebra morphology or mechanical properties of vertebrae. We found a dose-response between whole body vitamin K concentration and the dietary MNB supplementation level. Analysis of liver gamma-glutamylcarboxylase activity revealed significant dose-dependent differences between groups given the 0, 10 and 50 mg MNB kg-1 diets. In conclusion, Atlantic salmon seems to require low levels of dietary vitamin K, and the amount of vitamin K found naturally in the presently used feed ingredients may be enough to maintain optimal growth, health and bone strength in Atlantic salmon fry from start feeding.
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