Pantothenic acid requirement of sea bass
1994
Mali Boonyaratpalin | Jaruratt Wannagowat | Krasind Hangsapreurke (National Inst. of Coastal Aquaculture, Songkhla (Thailand))
Juvenile sea bass with average weight 2.7 grams were fed with semipurified diets containing 5 levels of supplemental calcium pantothenate (0, 15, 30, 60 and 90 mg/kg) in a flowthrough sea water system. The system has a flow rate 0.7 litre/min. The fish were weighed, counted every 2 weeks over a 12-week period. After 12 weeks the fish were sampled for haematological test, histological examination and determination of accummulative pantothenic acid in Liver. In the experiment the fish fed with unsupplemented calcium pantothenate diet (0 mg/kg) showed low food efficiency, anorexia, high mortality rates, haemorrhages and clubbed gill. On the otherthand the fish fed with supplemental calcium pantothenate showed normal sign. The fish fed with 90 mg/kg calcium pantothenate showed the best growth (P0.05) and high accumulative pantothenic acid in liver.
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