Improvement of Fish Growth and Metabolism by Oligosaccharide Prebiotic Supplement

ABSTRACT: Finfish aquaculture is expected to continue to benefit from significantly improved fish diets, which are the source of energy to support the growth and health of fish. Strategies to enhance the transformation rate of dietary energy and protein to fish growth are greatly desired by fish culturists. Prebiotic compounds can be used as supplements to human, animal, and fish diets to populate beneficial bacteria in the gut. The goal of the present study is to identify low-cost prebiotic compounds with high efficacy in increasing the absorption of food nutrients by fish. Several oligosaccharides were evaluated as prebiotics in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), one of the most widely cultured species in the world. Several parameters of the fish on different diets were evaluated, including fee

SUBMITTER: Xu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9973164 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature