The bee pollen is considered an excellent source of flavonoids, carotenoids, phenolic compounds, sterols and minerals; and possesses the ability to boost the immune system, antioxidant action and other interesting therapeutic effects. This study was carried out aiming to evaluate the inclusion of bee pollen in extruded commercial diets of Nile tilapia fingerlings and its effects on the hepatic‐intestinal histomorphometry and zootechnical performance. A total of 225 tilapia fingerlings (1.25 ± 0.05 g) were distributed in a completely randomized design in 15 tanks (30 L) maintained in a recirculation water system with three treatments (0% or control, 1.5% and 2.5% of bee pollen inclusion) and five replicates. Feeding rates were defined from the weekly biometrics and periodic monitoring of the physical–chemical water quality parameters. The water quality variables remained within the appropriate range for the species throughout the experiment. There was no significant difference for the somatic indexes and zootechnical parameters in this experiment. However, the inclusion of bee pollen in Nile tilapia fingerlings diets showed a linear increase in hepatocyte morphology (p = .0098). For the intestinal variables of villus height a significant linear increase was observed (p < .05) as the pollen inclusion increased. In fish that received 2.5%, the number of goblet cells was significantly higher (p < .001) than control group and 1.5%. In this sense, the inclusion up to 2.5% bee pollen in extruded commercial diets of Nile tilapia fingerlings had a positive impact on hepato‐intestinal histomorphometry without causing negative effects on the zootechnical performance.

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The aim of the present study was to determine whether açai oil (Euterpe oleraceae) addition in the diets of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in biofloc system would stimulate hepatic energy metabolism and antioxidant responses. Treatments are as follows: T0 (6%-soybean oil), T1 (1%-AÇAI; 5%-SOY), T3 (3% AÇAI; 3%-SOY) and T6 (6%-AÇAI). In the liver, reactive oxygen species levels were significantly lower in T1, T3 and T6 than in T0, lipid peroxidation levels were significantly lower in T3 and T6, and nitric oxide levels were significantly lower in the T6 than in T0. Glutathione peroxidase activity was significantly higher in the T3 and T6 than in T0, while superoxide dismutase activity and total antioxidant capacity levels were significantly higher in the T6 than in T0. Adenylate kinase activity was significantly lower in the T6 than in T0. These results suggest that the açai oil addition in Nile tilapia diets stimulated antioxidant responses.

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of plant‐based diets containing different inclusion levels (7%, 14%, 21% and 28%) of mixed culture microorganisms fermented soybean meal (FSBM) on the zootechnical performance and intestinal health of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) reared in a biofloc system. The FSBM diets were compared with a positive control diet with fish meal and a negative control diet with no animal protein. All diets were isoprotein (33% CP) and isoenergetic (4300 kcal GE/kg). The design was completely randomized with four replications and the experiment lasted 54 days. Juveniles (1.635 ± 0.198 g) were distributed in 24 tanks (70 L) at a density of seven animals per tank. Fermentation increased probiotic microorganisms count (lactic acid bacteria 4.75 ± 0.21 log CFU g−1 and yeast 3.30 ± 0.54 log CFU g−1) and improved nutritional characteristics of FSBM. In fish fed the diet containing 7% FSBM, growth performance did not differ from fish fed the fish meal diet. FSBM inclusion improved the food efficiency of plant‐based diets. The inclusions above 21% of FSBM increased the intestinal villi height. In the inclusion of 28% of FSBM, the goblet cell was higher compared to that of the other plant‐based diets. The inclusion of 7% FSBM allows a total replacement of fish meal without compromising the growth performance of the animals.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the productive performance, organosomatic indices and liver-intestinal histomorphometric parameters of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) juveniles, fed diets containing probiotics (yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and reared at different densities of storage. In this experiment, 450 juveniles of tilapia (2.9 ± 0.23 g) were distributed in 18 experimental units arranged in RAS and arranged in a randomized block design in a 2x3 factorial scheme. These animals were fed two diets, the first without yeast and the second containing 0.1% yeast inclusion and distributed in three stocking densities of 15, 25 and 35 fish / m3 (500, 833 and 1166 fish / m3). There was an improvement in the oxygenation of the medium with the use of yeast, as well as in the lowest stocking densities evaluated (15 and 25 fish / m³). However, lower specific growth rates and higher viscerosomatic index were observed in animals supplemented with 0.1% yeast. For the average area of hepatocytes, there was an interaction between the evaluated factors (use of probiotic x storage density), where the best values were found in the lowest storage densities (15 and 25 fish / m³), regardless of use or not of the probiotic. It is recommended to use a stocking density of 15 to 25 fish / m³ and a supplementation of 0.1% with yeast as a probiotic, in order to improve liver health and oxygenation of the water used to grow Nile tilapia juveniles cultivated in RAS.

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