Effect of Oral Administration of Chitosan Supplement on Growth and Blood Parameters in Indian Mackerel

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Fisheries Department, Marine Sciences Faculty, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Iran.

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different levels of dietary chitosan on the growth performances, feed indices and blood indices of Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) for 60 days. In this experiment, 120 Indian mackerel (with average weight of 7.16 ± 1.01g) were divided into four treatments and three replicates (n=10 in each replicate) in a completely randomized design and fed with diets containing 0, 5, 10 and 15 g chitosan /kg food respectively. The present results showed that diets containing chitosan showed a significant increase in final weight (FW),weight gain (WG), protein efficiency rate (PER) and condition factor (CF) FW, WG, PER and CF and a significant decrease in food conversion ratio (FCR) compared with control (P<0.05). The highest FW, PER, CF, and WG were observed in the diet containing 15 g /kg chitosan which showed a significant difference compared with control (P<0.05). MCV and MCH in the treatment containing 15 g /kg chitosan showed a significant decrease compared with those in other treatments. The highest WBC, RBC and hemoglobin were observed in treatments containing 10 and 15 g /kg chitosan. Finally, the present results suggested that diets containing 15 g /kg dietary chitosan could improve growth and hematological indices of Indian mackerel.

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Veterinary Research & Biological Products
Volume 30, Issue 3 - Serial Number 116
September 2017
Pages 204-211

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  • Receive Date: 15 August 2016
  • Revise Date: 29 September 2016
  • Accept Date: 03 October 2016

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