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Table 14.1 Prebiotic application in Salmonidae.

Species Prebiotic Dose and length

of administration

Results References

Atlantic
salmon

MOS 0 and

4gkg − 1 - 14weeks

↑

proximate carcass analysis, liver histology, intestinal histology and
sea lice attachment
→

Dimitroglou et al . (2011b)

growth parameters, nutrient digestibility and flesh pigmentation

10 g kg − 1 - 4 months ↓

MOS oxygen consumption Grisdale-Helland et al .

(2008)

↓ ↑

energy concentration
in the whole body

protein and

10 g kg − 1 - 4 months

GOS Nitrogenous and energy losses in the non-faecal nitrogen excretion Grisdale-Helland et al .

(2008)

10 g kg − 1 - 4 months →

FOS feed intake, growth or digestibility Grisdale-Helland et al .

(2008)

Inulin 75 g kg − 1 - 3weeks

→

intestinal cell damage Refstie et al . (2006)

↑

intestinal growth and relative mass of the GI tract

→

hydrolytic and absorptive capacity

75 g kg − 1 - 3weeks → Inulin TVC

Microbiota - control:
↓

Bakke-McKellep et al .
(2007)

Marinilactibacillus psychrotolerans , Carnobacterium maltaro-
maticum , Enterococcus faecalis
Microbiota - inulin:
↓ Pseudoalteromonas , Micrococcus

→ intestinal cell damage

2 g kg − 1 - 35weeks ↑ Brook trout MOS SGR, survival and lymphocytes Sara et al . (2010)

↓ neutrophils, basophils, FCR

2 g kg − 1 - 90 days Rainbow trout MOS

↑

growth gain, serum lysozyme and complement activities Staykov et al . (2005)

↓

FCR

2 g kg − 1 - 111 and 58
days

↑ MOS intestinal histology and changes in gut microbiota Dimitroglou et al . (2009)

2 g kg − 1 - 90 days ↑ MOS growth and survival Staykov et al . (2007)

↑ antibody titre and lysozyme activity

in one trial
→ bactericidal activity