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dc.contributor.authorApines-Amar, Mary Jane S.
dc.contributor.authorAmar, Edgar C.
dc.contributor.authorFaisan, Joseph P., Jr.
dc.contributor.authorPakingking, Rolando V., Jr.
dc.contributor.authorSatoh, Shuichi
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-13T09:22:32Z
dc.date.available2013-11-13T09:22:32Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationApines-Amar, M. J. S., Amar, E. C., Faisan Jr., J. P., Pakingking Jr., R. V., & Satoh, S. (2012). Dietary onion and ginger enhance growth, hemato-immunological responses, and disease resistance in brown-marbled grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus. Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation and Legislation, 5(4), 231-239.en
dc.identifier.issn1844-8143
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10862/1726
dc.description.abstractA 12-week (September to December 2009) feeding trial was conducted to evaluate theimmunostimulatory effects of different substances administered orally through the diet in the brown-marbled grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus. Five experimental diets containing either onion, ginger, β–glucan, or vitamin C and a control diet (without immunostimulants) were fed to the fish weighing about 44 g for 12 weeks. Onion-fed fish showed significantly increased weight gain, hematocrit, and total Ig compared to the control group; however, leukocyte differential count and ROS production were unaffected. Ginger-fed fish likewise significantly increased total Ig, ROS production and lysozyme activity. However, it did not affect growth and hematocrit value. β-glucan significantly increased growth and total Ig but had no effect on the other parameters. Vitamin C significantly increased hematocrit, total Ig and ROS production but did not increase growth. Upon challenge with a bacterial pathogen Vibrio harveyi, mortality was significantly reduced in the onion, ginger and vitamin C-fed fish but not in the β–glucan-fed fish. This study demonstrated that onion and ginger could positively affect the innate immune responses and protect grouper against Vibrio harveyi infection.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by the University of the Philippines Visayas in-house funds through the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB) and the Institute of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (IA-CFOS). We also gratefully acknowledge Biotec AHN AS, Norway for supplying the â-glucan (MacroGard).en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBiofluxen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.bioflux.com.ro/docs/2012.231-239.pdf
dc.subjectgingeren
dc.subjectonionsen
dc.subjectgroupersen
dc.subjectpathogenicityen
dc.subjectinnate immunityen
dc.titleDietary onion and ginger enhance growth, hemato-immunological responses, and disease resistance in brown-marbled grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatusen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.citation.volume5
dc.citation.issue4
dc.citation.spage231
dc.citation.epage239
dc.citation.journalTitleAquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation and Legislationen
dc.subject.asfaimmunityen
dc.subject.asfaimmunizationen
dc.subject.asfavitamin Cen
dc.subject.asfaascorbic aciden
dc.subject.asfalymphocytesen
dc.subject.asfadisease resistanceen
dc.subject.scientificNameEpinephelus fuscoguttatusen
local.subjectdisease resistanceen
local.subjectinnate immunityen
local.subjectgingeren
local.subjectgrouperen
local.subjectonionen


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