{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(3)"],"submitter":["Bano S"],"funding":["IReL","Punjab Agriculture Research Board"],"pubmed_abstract":["β-glucan is a well-documented feed additive for its potent immunostimulatory properties in many farmed fish species. This study examined how it can also be a promising growth promoter, modulate antioxidant enzyme activities, and act as an anti-stress agent in striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus). A 12-week feeding experiment was untaken to determine the effects of dietary β-glucan supplementation at graded levels (0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 g kg-1). Measured indicators suggest that a dietary inclusion level of 1.5 g kg-1 β-glucan gave the highest positive responses: weight gain (120.10 g fish-1), survival (98.30%), and lower FCR (1.70) (P<0.05). Whole body proximate analysis had only revealed that crude protein was significantly affected by the dietary inclusion of β-glucan (P<0.05), wi"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e0298414"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10939287"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Enhancing farmed striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) robustness through dietary β-glucan."],"pmcid":["PMC10939287"],"pubmed_authors":["Khalique A","Asghar M","Khizar A","Davies SJ","Nazir S","Wan AHL","Bano S","Khan N","Fatima M","Arslan M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Enhancing farmed striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) robustness through dietary β-glucan.","description":"β-glucan is a well-documented feed additive for its potent immunostimulatory properties in many farmed fish species. This study examined how it can also be a promising growth promoter, modulate antioxidant enzyme activities, and act as an anti-stress agent in striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus). A 12-week feeding experiment was untaken to determine the effects of dietary β-glucan supplementation at graded levels (0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 g kg-1). Measured indicators suggest that a dietary inclusion level of 1.5 g kg-1 β-glucan gave the highest positive responses: weight gain (120.10 g fish-1), survival (98.30%), and lower FCR (1.70) (P<0.05). Whole body proximate analysis had only revealed that crude protein was significantly affected by the dietary inclusion of β-glucan (P<0.05), wi","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024","modification":"2026-06-24T03:11:41.119Z","creation":"2026-06-24T03:06:48.293Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10939287","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38483918"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0298414"]}}