Interaction of dietary garlic (Allium sativum), onion (Allium cepa), and probiotic on the growth performance and health status of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

• Published in: Aquaculture international 2024-08, Vol.32 (4), p.4515-4528
• Main Authors: Güroy, Derya, Emre, Nesrin, Yalım, Fatma Banu, Karadal, Onur, Kaya, Dogukan, Arifoğlu, Nazan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: alkaline phosphatase; Allium cepa; Allium sativum; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Blood cells; blood serum; Diet; erythrocytes; Feed conversion; Feeding experiments; Fish; Food conversion; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Freshwater fishes; garlic; growth performance; Growth rate; Haematology; Haemoglobin; health status; hematocrit; hematology; hemoglobin; juveniles; leukocytes; Life Sciences; Lipids; Minors; Oncorhynchus mykiss; onions; Parameters; Phosphatase; Probiotics; Proteins; Salmon; Serum; specific growth rate; Trout; wheat flour; Zoology
• ISSN: 0967-6120; 1573-143X
• DOI: 10.1007/s10499-024-01388-5

Eight-week feeding trial was conducted to estimate the effects of dietary probiotic (P), garlic (G), and onion (O) powders on growth, hematology, and serum parameters in the juvenile rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ). Seven practical diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous (49% protein) and isolipidic (20% lipid) and the diets included the P, O, and G at the concentrations of 0.1, 1, and 1%, respectively, at the replace of wheat flour. Rainbow trout fed the G supplemented diet displayed a higher specific growth rate (SGR) when compared with fish fed the P and the mix of probiotics and onion (PO) ( P