Comparison of the use of taurine in combination with feed and sprays in growth and feeding performance and physiological responses of Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer)
Vahid Morshedi,
Asma Ahmadi,
Dara Bagheri,
Ahmad Ghasemi,
Hamed Aalamifar,
Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar,
Marina Paolucci
Affiliations
Vahid Morshedi
Department of Fisheries and Biology, Persian Gulf Research Institute, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran
Asma Ahmadi
Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran
Dara Bagheri
Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran, Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran
Ahmad Ghasemi
Department of Fisheries and Biology, Persian Gulf Research Institute, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran
Hamed Aalamifar
Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar
Departent of Fisheries, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
Marina Paolucci
Department of Science and Technologies, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
The aim of this study was to compare the effects of adding taurine to diet as a mixture with feed and also as spray on growth and feeding performance, body composition and physiological responses of Asian sea bass, Lates calcarifer (13.62 ± 0.2 g). This study was carried out in a completely randomized design as three treatments with triplicates. Fish were fed with feed containing 0 (control group), 10 g/kg taurine in feed as mixture (treatment M) and 10 g/kg as spray on feed (treatment S) for 6 weeks. At the end of the experiment, final weight, weight gain, specific growth rate and feed conversion ratio were significantly higher in treatment S compared to the control and treatment M (p 0.05). The obtained results indicated that dietary taurine did not enhance Asian sea bass blood biochemical factors and non-specific immune response (p>0.05). Overall, it can be concluded that feeding Asian sea bass with the diet supplemented by 10 g taurine as spray for a period of 6 weeks enhances the growth and feeding performance.
