Serum Biochemistry and Lipids Profiling in Experimental Dietary Exposure of <i>Heterobranchus Longifilis</i> Catfish Juveniles to Graded Concentrations of Fumonisin B1
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Abstract
Heterobranchus longifilis catfish is an important aquaculture fish species in the West African sub region. The culture of this fish is based on a diet containing up to 30% maize as a source of energy. We assessed the serum biochemical and lipids profile of this fish following dietary exposure to graded concentrations of fumonisin B1 (FB 1 ). 450 juvenile H. longifilis catfish were stocked into 5 groups of 1000 L tanks consisting of 3 tanks per group and fed one of five experimental diets amended with purified FB 1 (0.0; 10.0; 20.0; 20.0; 40.0 and 80.0 mg FB 1 /kg) for 56 days. At time point’s day 7, day 28 and day 56, five fish each were randomly sampled from each tank and bled for serum biochemical and lipids profiling. Results shows that the experimental diets had greater FB 1 concentration (2.37; 14.68; 24.74; 43.04 and 82.77 mg FB 1 / kg), compared to the concentration of purified FB 1 added at the time of production of the diets. Dietary FB 1 at inclusions ≥ 24.74 mg FB 1 /kg caused a nonspecific dose and duration of feeding dependent changes in serum biochemical parameters marked by hypoprotenemia, hyperalbuminemia and increased serum activities of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, creatinine, urea and lactate dehydrogenase compared to fish fed the control diets. Other changes observed in H. longifilis catfish juveniles following dietary exposure to FB 1 include hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglycerolemia. It was concluded that for profitable H. longifilis culture, dietary FB 1 should not exceed 24.74 mg FB1/kg.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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