Use of garlic, Allium sativum, to control Aeromonas hydrophila infection in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum).
Garlic, Allium sativum, 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 doses of 0.5 and 1.0 g garlic per 100 g of feed, there was a reduction in mortalities to 4% compared with the controls (88%). Moreover, there was a significant increase in growth, feed conversion and protein efficiency. There was stimulation of the number of erythrocytes and leucocytes, a significantly higher haematocrit, enhancement of phagocytic activity, respiratory burst, lysozyme, anti-protease and bactericidal activities following feeding with garlic.
School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
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D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D005737:Garlic; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D009113:Muramidase / Q000097:blood; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000276:immunology; D011897:Random Allocation; D013481:Superoxides / Q000097:blood
D013481:Superoxides; D009113:Muramidase