title: Effects of Wheat Naturally Contaminated with Fusarium Mycotoxins on Growth Performance and Selected Health Indices of Red Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus × O. mossambicus).
abstract: An 8-week feeding trial was conducted to examine effects of wheat naturally contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins (deoxynivalenol, DON 41 mg·kg(-1)) on growth performance and selected health indices of red tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus × O. mossambicus; initial weight = 4.3 g/fish). Five experimental diets were formulated by replacement of clean wheat with naturally contaminated wheat resulting in graded levels of DON and zearalenone (ZEN) (Diet 1 0.07/0.01, Diet 2 0.31/0.09, Diet 3 0.50/0.21, Diet 4 0.92/0.37 and Diet 5 1.15/0.98 mg·kg(-1)). Groups of 50 fish were randomly allocated into each of 20 aquaria and fed to near-satiety for eight weeks. Growth rate, feed intake and feed efficiency of fish fed the experimental diets decreased linearly with increasing levels of Fusarium mycotoxins (p < 0.05). Although growth depression was associated with feeding diets naturally contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins, especially DON, no biochemical and histopathological parameters measured in blood and liver appeared affected by Fusarium mycotoxin concentrations of diets (p > 0.05). Though there was no clear evidence of overt DON toxicity to red tilapia, it is recommended that feed ingredients should be screened for Fusarium mycotoxin contamination to ensure optimal growth performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. pattola4445@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Siriporn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tola
authors.affiliation: UG/OMNR Fish Nutrition Research Laboratory, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. dbureau@uoguelph.ca.
authors.forename: Dominique P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Bureau
authors.affiliation: UG/OMNR Fish Nutrition Research Laboratory, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. jhooft@uoguelph.ca.
authors.forename: Jamie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hooft
authors.affiliation: Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Bangsaen, Chonburi 20131, Thailand. billbeamish@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Frederick W H
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Beamish
authors.affiliation: Department IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 20, Tulln 3430, Austria. michael.sulyok@boku.ac.at.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sulyok
authors.affiliation: Department IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 20, Tulln 3430, Austria. Rudolf.krska@boku.ac.at.
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krska
authors.affiliation: Biomin Singapore Pte. Ltd., 3791 Jalan Bukit Merah, #08-08, E-Centre@Redhill, Singapore 159471, Singapore. pedro.encarnacao@biomin.net.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Encarnação
authors.affiliation: Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. rakpong@kku.ac.th.
authors.forename: Rakpong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petkam
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D004032:Diet; D004435:Eating; D005433:Flour; D005506:Food Contamination; D005670:Fusarium; D006400:Hematocrit; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D017210:Tilapia / Q000097:blood / Q000254:growth & development; D014255:Trichothecenes / Q000633:toxicity*; D014908:Triticum
chemical_list: D014255:Trichothecenes; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; C007262:deoxynivalenol
keywords: Fusarium mycotoxins; deoxynivalenol; growth performance; mycotoxins; red tilapia