Clinicopathological studies on the effect of spirulina in culture Nile tilapia
Abdalla, O., Eissa, I., Dessouki, A., Kilany, O., Elbahar, S. (2014). Clinicopathological studies on the effect of spirulina in culture Nile tilapia. EKB Journal Management System, 19(1), 71-84. doi: 10.21608/scvmj.2014.76294
Osama Abdalla; Ismail Eissa; Amina Dessouki; Omnia Kilany; Shimaa Elbahar. "Clinicopathological studies on the effect of spirulina in culture Nile tilapia". EKB Journal Management System, 19, 1, 2014, 71-84. doi: 10.21608/scvmj.2014.76294
Abdalla, O., Eissa, I., Dessouki, A., Kilany, O., Elbahar, S. (2014). 'Clinicopathological studies on the effect of spirulina in culture Nile tilapia', EKB Journal Management System, 19(1), pp. 71-84. doi: 10.21608/scvmj.2014.76294
Abdalla, O., Eissa, I., Dessouki, A., Kilany, O., Elbahar, S. Clinicopathological studies on the effect of spirulina in culture Nile tilapia. EKB Journal Management System, 2014; 19(1): 71-84. doi: 10.21608/scvmj.2014.76294

Clinicopathological studies on the effect of spirulina in culture Nile tilapia

Suez Canal Veterinary Medical Journal. SCVMJ
Article 8, Volume 19, Issue 1, June 2014, Page 71-84  XML PDF (684.86 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/scvmj.2014.76294
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Authors
Osama Abdalla1; Ismail Eissa2; Amina Dessoukiorcid 3; Omnia Kilany4; Shimaa Elbahar* 5
1Department of Clinical Pathology , Fac. Vet. Med., Suez Canal University
2Department of Fish disease and Management, Fac. Vet. Med., Suez Canal University
3Department of Pathology , Fac. Vet. Med., Suez Canal University
4Department of Clinical Pathology, Fac. Vet. Med., Suez Canal University
5Fac. Vet. Med. Suez Canal University, Egypt
Abstract
This study was undertaken to study the effect of spirulina (Arthrospir platensis) on some serum biochemical parameters of O.niloticus. A total of 270 fish (50±5 g) were randomly distributed into six groups each at a rate of 15 fish per aquarium and fed on a diet containing 0.0, 5.0 or 10.0 g spirulina/kg diet for 6 weeks. Each subdivided into three equal replicates. After the feeding trial, fish of each treatment were challenged by pathogenic Pseudomonas. fluorescens which was given by I/P injection. The blood samples were taken after 4and 6weeks for serum biochemical examinations. The results showed that spirulina improved serum AST, ALT, total protein, albumin, globulin, glucose, creatinine, uric acid and cholesterol in groups supplemented with spirulina. Moreover, spirulina enhanced histopathological lesions of fish infected with P. fluorescens. These results indicate that spirulina supplementation is promising for disease prevention in tilapia culture, and the optimum level of spirulina in fish diet is 10.0 g per kg diet.
Keywords
Clinical pathology; Spirulina; Nile tilapia
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