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Table 14.3 Prebiotics applications in Cyprinidae.

Species Prebiotic Dose and length

of administration

Results References

↑ Caspian roach

( Rutilus gibelio )

FOS 10, 20 and

30 g kg − 1 - 8weeks

growth performance, digestive enzymes activity (amy-
lase, lipase, protease), innate immune parameters
(lysozyme, Ig, ACH50) and resistance against salinity
stress test
→

Soleimani et al . (2012)

carcass composition

→ Kutum

( Rutilus frisii kutum )

MOS 1.5, 3 and

4.5 g kg − 1 - 8weeks

growth performance, FCR, survival and salinity stress
test

Akrami et al . (2010)

GroBiotic ® -A 10, 20 and

30 g kg − 1 - 15 days

↑

total protein, albumin, creatinine, C3, C4 and IgM
→

Yousefian et al . (2012)

growth performance and survival

2 g kg − 1 - 60 days ↑

Common carp
( Cyprinus carpio )

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

1, 2 and 3 g kg − 1 -45
days

↑ of haematocrit and lymphocyte - 1 gMOS kg − 1

→

MOS Akrami et al . (2012a)

growth performance and carcass composition

↑

Immunogen 0.5, 1, 1.5 and

2.5 g kg − 1 - 8weeks

FE, PER, carcass protein levels, haematological, serum
total protein and resistance against A. hydrophila
→

Ebrahimi et al . (2011)

weight gain

↓

gut microbiota (TVC)

1, 2 and 3 g kg − 1 -50
days

Fermacto

↑

SGR and PER Mazurkiewicz et al .

(2008)

↓

FCR

2 g kg − 1 - 8weeks ↑ Koi carp

( Cyprinus carpio koi )

COS SGR, total leukocyte counts, respiratory burst, phago-

cytic capacity, lysozyme activity, SOD and resistance
against A. veronii
↓

Lin et al . (2012)

FCR

30 g kg − 1 - 10weeks ↑ Goldfish

( Carassius auratus aura-
tus )

Dairy-yeast
prebiotic

weight gain and FE in the presence of phytoplankton
and zooplankton
→

Savolainen and Gatlin III
(2009)

proximal or distal gut microbiota and disease resistance
against A. hydrophila

10 g kg − 1 - 8weeks Dairy-yeast

prebiotic and
MOS, GOS and
FOS

→

microbiota (digesta) Raggi and Gatlin III

(2012)

↓

ADC of protein, lipid and carbohydrate, lowest values
were in fish fed MOS