Interaction between Dietary Vitamin D₃ and Vitamin K₃ in Gilthead Seabream Larvae (Sparus aurata) in Relation to Growth and Expression of Bone Development-Related Genes.

ABSTRACT: Vitamins D and K are essential fat-soluble nutrients that intervene in bone development processes among other biological functions. The present study is aimed at investigating the potential combined effect of dietary supplementation with vitamin D₃ (cholecalciferol) and vitamin K₃ (menadione) in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) larvae. For that purpose, seabream diets were supplemented with different combinations of vitamin D₃/vitamin K₃ (mg/kg diet) as follows: 0.00/0, 0.06/70, 0.06/170, 0.13/70, 0.13/170, 0.40/70, and 0.40/170. Feeding gilthead seabream larvae (22 days post hatch) for 21 days with the diets supplemented with 0.06-0.13 mg/kg vitamin D₃ and 70 mg/kg vitamin K₃ (diets 0.06/70 and 0.13/70) led to the h

SUBMITTER: Sivagurunathan U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10229253 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature