Effect of ascorbic acid on the immune response of the catfish, Mystus gulio (Hamilton), to different bacterins of Aeromonas hydrophila

Anbarasu, Kumarasamy; Chandran, Mahesh

doi:10.1006/fsim.2000.0322

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“…Although there were few effects of treatments observed, which were common for both tows, several tow‐specific effects were found. Enhanced performance as measured through increased survival was observed in T. maccoyii from tow 1 fed additional vitamin C and E. Vitamin‐mediated enhanced survival has also been observed in S. salar (Waagbø et al , 1993), Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) (Anbarasu & Chandran, 2001) and O. mykiss (Anggawati‐Satyabudhy et al , 1989; Pearce et al , 2003). Cardicola forsteri prevalence was also reduced in T. maccoyii fed vitamin C and E supplemented diet in one of the tows.…”

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Effects of immunostimulants on ranched southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii: immune response, health and performance

Kirchhoff

D'Antignana

Leef

et al. 2011

Journal of Fish Biology

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Ranched southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii were fed baitfishes supplemented with vitamins (predominantly E and C) or vitamins and immunostimulants, nucleotides and β-glucans, over 12 weeks after transfer and monitored for enhancement in immune response, health and performance through their 19 week grow-out period. Fish from two different tows were sampled separately at three different sampling points: at transfer to grow-out pontoons, at 8 weeks post-transfer and at harvest, 19 weeks post-transfer. Lysozyme activity was enhanced during vitamin supplementation compared to control fish. Performance (i.e. survival, condition index and crude fat), health (i.e. blood plasma variables including pH, osmolality, cortisol, lactate and glucose) and alternative complement activity were not commonly improved through diet supplementation. There were some tow-specific improvements in performance through vitamin supplementation including survival, selected parasite prevalence and intensity, and alternative complement activity. Immunostimulant supplementation also showed a tow-specific improvement in plasma cortisol level. Tow-specific responses may suggest that life history, previous health condition and husbandry can affect the success of vitamin and immunostimulant enhancement of immune response, health and performance of ranched T. maccoyii.

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Effects of immunostimulants on ranched southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii: immune response, health and performance

Kirchhoff

D'Antignana

Leef

et al. 2011

Journal of Fish Biology

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“…The amount of requirement varies by species and experimental conditions (Roberts et al . ; Anbarasu & Chandran ; Cuesta et al . ).…”

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Vitamin C supplementation to optimize growth, health and stress resistance in aquatic animals

Dawood

Koshio

2016

Reviews in Aquaculture

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Vitamins are organic compounds that can be synthesized from other essential nutrients; however, they are required in trace amounts from an exogenous source for normal growth, reproduction and health. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid, AA) is an essential micronutrient for normal growth and physiological function of most aquatic animals. In terrestrial animal nutrition, vitamin C has recently spurred scientific interest because of the increasing knowledge on vitamin C involvement in gene expression, cell cycle and reproduction in mammals; in addition, recent advances in molecular biology techniques allow the more effective estimation of the effect of vitamin C on metabolism and physiology. In contrast, this information is scarce in aquatic animal nutrition, as studies have essentially focused on the estimation of minimum vitamin C requirement for maximum growth and immune response as well as for the formulation of least‐cost diet. This scarcity of information is also due to the lack of well‐established indicators of vitamin C status in aquatic organisms. The present review summarizes and discusses information about vitamin C sources, bioavailability, deficiency and requirement in aquatic animals to plan further studies. In the future, vitamin C nutrition studies in aquaculture should also include immune responses, histopathology of the gills, liver, gonad development, gamete quality and quantity, fecundity, larvae survival and gene expression. Dietary vitamin C requirements should be estimated at every life‐history stage of cultured species. All this information will allow a better understanding of the essentiality of vitamin C in aquatic animal growth, development, reproduction and health.

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“…Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is considered as one of the essential nutrients required for growth and immunity in fish (Asaikkutti, Bhavan, Vimala, Karthik, & Cheruparambath, ; Dabrowski, ; Khan, Zuberi, & Ullah, ; Lim & Lovell, ; NRC, ; Pimpimol, Phoonsamran, & Chitmanat, ; Xu et al., ). Ascorbic acid (AA) has an extensive role in the enhancement of growth, collagen synthesis, iron metabolism, haematology, reproduction, stress physiology, wound healing and immune response in fish (Albrektsen, Lie, & Sandnes, ; Anbarasu & Chandran, ; Halver, Smith, Tolbert, & Baker, ; Roberts, Davies, & Pulsford, ). Many of the farmed fishes, such as ictalurids, cichlids and cyprinids, cannot synthesize vitamin C de novo because they do not contain the enzyme, L‐gulono‐1,4‐lactone oxidase (Chatterjee, ; Dabrowski, ; Moreau, Dabrowski, & Sato, ; Xie, Niu, Zhang, & Bao, ; Yamamoto, Sato, & Ikeda, ).…”

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Dietary ascorbic acid requirement for growth of striped catfish,Pangasianodon hypophthalmus(Sauvage, 1878) juveniles

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A sixty-day feeding trial was conducted to determine the ascorbic acid (AA) requirement for growth of striped catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus juveniles. Seven isonitrogenous and iso-energetic (370 g protein per kg and 19.6 MJ/kg) purified diets were prepared with different levels of ascorbic acid such as control (0), T 1 (17.5), T 2 (35), T 3 (70), T 4 (175), T 5 (350) and T 6 (700) mg ascorbic acid (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate) equivalent per kg diet. Fish with a mean body weight of 3.2-3.4 g were stocked (fifteen fish per tank) in triplicates following a completely randomized design. Each group was fed to satiation twice a day for 60 days. Significant differences were observed in growth, survival, body composition and metabolic enzymes activities with different dietary ascorbic acid levels. Maximum weight gain, specific growth rate (SGR) and protein efficiency ratio (PER) were found in fishes fed with 35 mg AA per kg diet, supported by best feed conversion. Fish fed a diet containing vitamin C had the highest activities of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) compared to those fed with vitamin C-depleted diets.In this study, based on using broken-line regression analysis, the dietary vitamin C requirement for growth of P. hypophthalmus juveniles was estimated to be in the range of 46-76 mg AA per kg, depending on the criterion used, growth and liver storage.Our results will be helpful for the formulation of cost-effective ascorbic acid incorporated diets for striped catfish, P. hypophthalmus. K E Y W O R D Sascorbic acid, growth, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, vitamin C requirement | INTRODUCTIONVitamin C (ascorbic acid) is considered as one of the essential nutrients required for growth and immunity in fish (Asaikkutti, Bhavan, Vimala, Karthik, & Cheruparambath, 2016;Dabrowski, 2000;Khan, Zuberi, & Ullah, 2015;Lim & Lovell, 1978; NRC, 2011;Pimpimol, Phoonsamran, & Chitmanat, 2012;Xu et al., 2016). Ascorbic acid (AA) has an extensive role in the enhancement of growth, collagen synthesis, iron metabolism, haematology, reproduction, stress physiology, wound healing and immune response in fish (Albrektsen, Lie, & Sandnes, 1988;Anbarasu & Chandran, 2001;Halver, Smith, Tolbert, & Baker, 1975;Roberts, Davies, & Pulsford, 1995). Many of the farmed fishes, such as ictalurids, cichlids and cyprinids, cannot synthesize vitamin C de novo because they do not contain the enzyme, L-gulono-1,4-lactone oxidase (Chatterjee, 1973;Dabrowski, 1994;Moreau, Dabrowski, & Sato, 1999;Xie, Niu, Zhang, & Bao, 2006;Yamamoto, Sato, & Ikeda, 1978). Ascorbic acid is soluble in water, and thus, leaching of this vitamin from feeds can be a serious issue (Abdelghany, 1996; Hilton, Cho, Brown, & Slinger, 1979; Hilton, & Slinger, 1977;Soliman, Jauncey, & Roberts, 1986). Wilson and Moreau (1996) reported that AA is not stable in the native form as 50 mg/kg of the supplemental AA will be destroyed during the feed manufacturing process. Therefore, accur...

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Effect of ascorbic acid on the immune response of the catfish, Mystus gulio (Hamilton), to different bacterins of Aeromonas hydrophila

Cited by 39 publications

References 24 publications

Effects of immunostimulants on ranched southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii: immune response, health and performance

Effects of immunostimulants on ranched southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii: immune response, health and performance

Vitamin C supplementation to optimize growth, health and stress resistance in aquatic animals

Dietary ascorbic acid requirement for growth of striped catfish,Pangasianodon hypophthalmus(Sauvage, 1878) juveniles

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