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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.
Sec. Aquatic Foods
Volume 8 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1449325

Use of protexin as a probiotic supplemented feed additive: Assessment of growth, digestibility, serum antioxidant enzymes activity and blood profile in Cirrhinus mrigala

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Danish Riaz Danish Riaz 1Syed Makhdoom Hussain Syed Makhdoom Hussain 2*Pallab Sarker Pallab Sarker 3*Shafaqat Ali Shafaqat Ali 2*Adan Naeem Adan Naeem 2Eman Naeem Eman Naeem 2Nadia Nazish Nadia Nazish 4Khalid Alanzi Khalid Alanzi 5Mohammad Abul Farah Mohammad Abul Farah 5
  • 1 University of Education Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 2 Government College University, Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • 3 University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
  • 4 University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 5 King Saud University, Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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    Probiotics, one of functional feed additives (FFAs), have emerged as a potential supplement to strengthen fish health and mitigate oxidative stress. The main focus of our research was to explore the benefits of probiotics (protexin) on growth, digestibility, antioxidant enzymes activity and blood indices of Cirrhinus mrigala fingerlings. A total of 105 fish (7.42±0.02 g/fish) were used in a 90-day feeding trial. Fish were fed two times a day and diets were tested in triplicate tanks (15 fingerlings per tank). Moringa oleifera seed meal was chosen as a basal feed ingredient. Seven test diets were formulated: one was control (without supplement) and six diets had different concentrations of probiotics, such as 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 g kg -1 . The results showed that the highest growth and nutrient absorption occurred at a probiotic concentration of 2 g kg -1 . The optimal serum antioxidant enzyme activity and blood parameters were likewise obtained at a probiotic dose of 2 g kg -1 . Supplementing C. mrigala with 2 g kg -1 probiotics substantially improved their growth, nutrient digestibility, antioxidant enzyme activity and hematological indices (p<0.05).

    Keywords: Functional diet1, probiotics2, functional feed additive3, Oxidative Stress4, antioxidant enzyme5

    Received: 14 Jun 2024; Accepted: 23 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Riaz, Hussain, Sarker, Ali, Naeem, Naeem, Nazish, Alanzi and Abul Farah. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Syed Makhdoom Hussain, Government College University, Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
    Pallab Sarker, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 95064, California, United States
    Shafaqat Ali, Government College University, Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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