声明
TABLE OF CONTENT
ABSTRACT
摘要
ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER ONE Background, literature review and study plan
1.1 Overview of Aquaculture production
1.2 Nile tilapia production (Oreochromis niloticus)
1.3 Genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT)
1.4.1 Nutrition
1.4.2 Temperature
1.4.3 Ammonia
1.4.4 Dissolved oxygen (DO)
1.5 Vitamin E and its importance
1.5.1 Sources of vitamin E
1.5.2 Application of dietary vitamin E in Fish feed
1.6 Overview of disease outbreak due to bacterial infection in aquaculture
1.6.1 Streptococcus iniae
1.6.2 Geographical distribution
1.8 Hypothesis of the study
CHAPTER TWO Effect of dietary vitamin E on growth performance, hematological indices and serum biochemical parameters
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Materials and methods
2.2.2 Experimental diet preparation
2.2.3 Sampling methods used
2.2.4Statisticaldata analysis
2.3.1Effect of Dietary vitamin E on growth performance
2.3.2 Effect of dietary vitamin E on hematological indices
2.3.3 Effect of dietary vitamin E on serum biochemical indices
2.3.4 Hepatoprotective enzymes
2.4 Discussion
2.4.1 Dietary vitamin E on growth performance and feed utilization
2.4.2 Dietary vitamin E on hematological indices
2.4.3 Dietary vitamin E on serum biochemical indices
2.4.4 Activities of aspartate aminotransferase(AST), alanine aminotransferase(ALT)
2.5 Conclusion
CHAPTER THREE Effect of dietary vitamin E on some immune responses and resistance of GIFT-strain tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) to Streptococcus iniae infection
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Materials and methods
3.2.3 Sampling method used
3.3 Bacterial challenge/infection test
3.4 Results
3.4.2. Effect of vitamin E on resistance of Tilapia-strain tilapia fries to Streptococcus iniae
3.5 Discussion
3.5.1 Dietary Vitamin E on cortisol,lysozyme and complement
3.5.2 Dietary Vitamin E on resistance of Tnapia-strain tnapia fries to Streptococcus iniae
3.6 Conclusion
CHAPTER FOUR Effect of vitamin E on digestive and antioxidative enzyme activities in the intestines and liver of Gift-strain tilapia fries
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Materials and methods
4.2.3 Sampling method used
4.3 Results
4.3.2 Effect of dietary vitamin E on antioxidative enzyme activities
4.4 Discussion
4.4.2 Dietary vitamin E on antioxidative enzyme activities
4.5 Conclusion
GeneraI conclusion
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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