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Table 14.7
Prebiotic applications in tilapia.
Species
Prebiotic
Dose and length
of administration
Results
References
2 g kg
−
1
- 4 and 2weeks
Nile tilapia
(
Oreochromis niloticus
)
MOS
+
11 days (challenge)
→
serum protein and IgM, lysozyme and complement activi-
ties and resistance against
St. iniae
Shelby
et al
. (2009)
MOS
2,4,6,8and
10 g kg
−
1
- 45 days
→
haematological parameters
Sado
et al
. (2008)
↓
daily feed consumption with increasing level
MOS
2,4,and
6gkg
−
1
- 3weeks
↑
weight, length and average daily growth of fish fed 4 and
6g
↑
Samrongpan
et al
.
(2008)
survival against
Streptococcus agalactiae
5 g kg
−
1
- 2 months
↑
Inulin
SGR, survival, growth, nitroblue tetrazolium, and resistance
against
A. hydrophila
→
Ibrahem
et al
. (2010)
haematocrit and lysozyme activity
GroBiotic
®
-A
4, 8 and
12 g kg
−
1
- 8weeks
↑
weight gain, neutrophil oxidative production, and resistance
towards
A
.
hydrophila
→
Zheng
et al
. (2011)
moisture,
lipid, protein in muscle, catalase,
lysozyme
and SOD
↓
FCR
IP 10mg kg
−
1
body
weight - 2weeks
Blue tilapia
(
Oreochromis aureus
)
Inulin
→
susceptibility against
A. hydrophila
and
Ed. tarda
Wang and Wang (1997)
2 and 6 g kg
−
1
- 58 days
→
Hybrid tilapia
(
Oreochromis niloticus
×
Oreochromis aureus
)
FOS
growth rate
He
et al
. (2003)
↑
survival
↑
non-specific immunity
↑
scFOS
0.8 and
1.2 g kg
−
1
- 8weeks
growth rate,
feed intake,
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
,
A.
Hui-Yuan
et al
. (2007)
hydrophila
,
Lactobacillus
spp.,
Streptococcus faecalis
↓
FCR
→
survival and condition factor
1 g kg
−
1
- 56 days
↑
scFOS
uncultured bacterium clones and
Thiothrix eikelboomii
Zhou
et al
. (2009b)
2 and 6 g kg
−
1
- 58 days
MOS
→
growth rate
He
et al
. (2003)
↑
survival
↑
non-specific immunity
MOS
1.5, 3 and
4.5 g kg
−
1
- 80 days
→
growth parameters and body indices
Dry matter and protein contents of fillets increased with
increasing rates of MOS
Genc
et al
. (2007)
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