Effects of dietary ginger (Zingiber officinale) administration on growth performance and stress, immunological, and antioxidant responses of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) reared under high stocking density

Improved growth performance, serum and mucosal immunity, haematology and antioxidant capacity in pikeperch ( Sander lucioperca ) using dietary water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ) leaf powder

“…This is very interesting finding in case of water hyacinth, as an accessible and low‐cost plant distributed in many countries. In line with our results, the growth‐promoting effects of other medicinal plants have also been confirmed in gilthead seabream fed by Salvia officinalis and Lippia citriodora leaf extracts (Salomón et al, 2020), and in common carp fed by dietary ginger powder (Fazelan et al, 2020) or rosemary leaf powder (Yousefi et al, 2019) and in rainbow trout fed by curcuma longa (Yonar et al, 2019). Whilst, no marked effects on growth performance and feed utilization were observed in Nile tilapia fed by gotu kola powder ( Centella asiatica ) (Srichaiyo et al, 2020), in rainbow trout fed by lemon verbena leaf powder (Hoseinifar, Shakouri, et al, 2020), in Nile tilapia fed Rosmarinus officinalis and Aloe barbadensis extracts (Yılmaz et al, 2019), and in common carp fed oak leaf extract (Paray et al, 2020).…”

“…Together with skin mucus as the first barrier of the fish innate immune system, serum immunological parameters such as LYZ, Ig, ACH50 and protease have been considered as the essential parts of the fish humoral innate immune response (Dash, Das, Samal & Thatoi, 2018). The complement proteins as an essential element of non‐specific immune system fight together with lysozyme against pathogens through opsonization, inflammation and membrane attack (Fazelan et al, 2020; Mohammadi et al, 2020). Accordingly, based on obtained results, all inclusion levels of dietary WLP boosted LYZ, Ig, ACH50 and protease activity of pikeperch.…”

The effects of microencapsulated garlic (Allium sativum) extract on growth performance, body composition, immune response and antioxidant status of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) juveniles

“…The application of medicinal plants is one of the most interesting approaches to promote growth performance and strengthen of immune responses in aquatic animals (Fazelan et al 2020). Garlic, Allium sativum, has been widely reported to enhance growth, activity of non-specific defenses of immune system and antioxidant enzymes in mammals (Drobiova et al 2011;Samolińska et al 2020) and proved to reduce free fatty acids (Öz 2018).…”

Dietary ginger administration attenuates oxidative stress and immunosuppression caused by oxytetracycline in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss )

“…Health status may be assessed by monitoring different characteristics of fish physiology and biochemistry, among them, antioxidant and immune responses are common. Antioxidant system is crucial in protecting fish against oxidative stress and cellular damages (Fazelan, Vatnikov, Kulikov, Plushikov, & Yousefi, 2020). Oxidative stress is a situation of increase in pro‐oxidant compounds in an organism body, higher than antioxidant ones, that leads to biological molecules damages.…”