Use of dietary ginger, Zingiber officinale Roscoe, as an immunostimulant to control Aeromonas hydrophila infections in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum).
J Fish Dis
; 32(11): 971-7, 2009 Nov.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-19843197
ABSTRACT
Ginger, Zingiber officinale, which was fed at 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 g per 100 g of feed for 14 days to rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), led to control of experimental infection with Aeromonas hydrophila. At 0.5 g ginger per 100 g of feed, there was a reduction in mortalities to 0% compared with the controls (64%). Moreover, there was a significant increase in growth, feed conversion and protein efficiency. There was proliferation in the number of neutrophils, macrophages and lymphocytes, and enhanced phagocytic, respiratory burst, lysozyme, bactericidal and anti-protease activities compared with the controls.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Adjuvants, Immunologic
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
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Aeromonas hydrophila
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Oncorhynchus mykiss
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Dietary Supplements
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Zingiber officinale
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Fish Diseases
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
J Fish Dis
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom