Nutritional Effect of Using a Bioactive Mixture (Lemon, Onion and Garlic) on Growth Performances, Feed Utilization, Immune Status and Gene Expression of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Abozaid, H., Elnadi, A., Mansour, H., Aboelhassan, D., Awad, E., El‑Nomeary, Y., Omar, H., Abbas, W., Farag, I. (2024). Nutritional Effect of Using a Bioactive Mixture (Lemon, Onion and Garlic) on Growth Performances, Feed Utilization, Immune Status and Gene Expression of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). EKB Journal Management System, 55(6), 1669-1684. doi: 10.21608/ejvs.2024.266900.1814
Hesham Abozaid; Ali Elnadi; Hayam Mansour; Dalia M Aboelhassan; Elham Awad; Yasser El‑Nomeary; Hamed A.A. Omar; Wafaa Tawfik Abbas; Ibrahim M. Farag. "Nutritional Effect of Using a Bioactive Mixture (Lemon, Onion and Garlic) on Growth Performances, Feed Utilization, Immune Status and Gene Expression of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)". EKB Journal Management System, 55, 6, 2024, 1669-1684. doi: 10.21608/ejvs.2024.266900.1814
Abozaid, H., Elnadi, A., Mansour, H., Aboelhassan, D., Awad, E., El‑Nomeary, Y., Omar, H., Abbas, W., Farag, I. (2024). 'Nutritional Effect of Using a Bioactive Mixture (Lemon, Onion and Garlic) on Growth Performances, Feed Utilization, Immune Status and Gene Expression of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)', EKB Journal Management System, 55(6), pp. 1669-1684. doi: 10.21608/ejvs.2024.266900.1814
Abozaid, H., Elnadi, A., Mansour, H., Aboelhassan, D., Awad, E., El‑Nomeary, Y., Omar, H., Abbas, W., Farag, I. Nutritional Effect of Using a Bioactive Mixture (Lemon, Onion and Garlic) on Growth Performances, Feed Utilization, Immune Status and Gene Expression of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 55(6): 1669-1684. doi: 10.21608/ejvs.2024.266900.1814

Nutritional Effect of Using a Bioactive Mixture (Lemon, Onion and Garlic) on Growth Performances, Feed Utilization, Immune Status and Gene Expression of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences
Volume 55, Issue 6, November and December 2024, Page 1669-1684  XML PDF (1.39 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejvs.2024.266900.1814
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Authors
Hesham Abozaid email orcid 1; Ali Elnadi2; Hayam Mansourorcid 3; Dalia M Aboelhassanorcid 4; Elham Awadorcid 5; Yasser El‑Nomeary6; Hamed A.A. Omar2; Wafaa Tawfik Abbasorcid 7; Ibrahim M. Faragorcid 8
1Department of Animal Production, Agricultural and Biology Institute. National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth Street, P.O:12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
2Department of Animal Production, Agricultural and Biology Institute. National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
3Department of Cell Biology, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
4Department of Cell Biology, Biotechnology Institute, National Research Centre, Egypt
5: Department of Hydrobiology Department, Veterinary Research Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
6Animal Production Department, National Research Centre, 33
7Assistant professor in hydrobiology department, Veterinary Science Devision, National Research Center.
8Department of Cell Biology, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of a lemon, onion, and garlic (LOG) juice mixture on the Nile tilapia health and productivity including; growth performance, feed utilization, body composition, immune status and gene expression of IGF-1, IGF-2, and GH genes. 120 fish were randomly distributed among 12 tanks into four groups before fed with different iso-nitrogenous and iso-caloric diets, containing 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, or 1.5% of LOG juice for 56 days. The results revealed significant improvements in growth performance, especially specific growth rate in all LOG groups compared to the control. Moreover, a significant increase has been recorded in crude protein percentages in fish body composition. Energy retention (ER)% and protein productive value (PPV)% displayed substantial increases in all experimental groups. Moreover, AST and cholesterol levels were significantly higher in the 1.5% LOG group than the other groups. Immune parameters including lysozyme activity, antiprotease activity and total protein increased in 0.5% LOG and 1% LOG groups compared to the control. Furthermore, the dietary interventions led to a significant up-regulation of growth-related genes expression, compared to the control group, especially for IGF-1 and GH. This study demonstrates the efficacy of the bioactive mixture (LOG) in improving the Nile tilapia health; growth performance, and growth-related gene expressions and immunity. The study results recommended using LOG as a growth promoter, especially with a dose of 1.5% LOG.
Keywords
Nile tilapia growth; body composition; blood parameters; immune status; gene expressions
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