Differential Effects of Dietary Supplementation of Krill Meal, Soybean Meal, Butyrate, and Bactocell^® on the Gene Expression of Atlantic Salmon Head Kidney.

ABSTRACT: The head kidney is a key organ that plays a fundamental role in the regulation of the fish immune response and in the maintenance of endocrine homeostasis. Previous studies indicate that the supplementation of exogenous dietary components, such as krill meal (KM), soybean meal (SM), Bactocell^® (BA), and butyrate (BU), can have a significant effect on the immune function of the head kidney. The aim of this study was to investigate the differential effect of these four dietary ingredients on the transcriptional profiles of the head kidney of the Atlantic salmon. This study revealed that just a small number of genes were responsive to the feeding regime after a long-term (12 weeks) treatment, and evidenced that the most significant alterations, both in terms of the number of affect

SUBMITTER: Jalili M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7037266 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature