Dietary menthol essential oil enhanced the growth performance, digestive enzyme activity, immune-related genes, and resistance against acute ammonia exposure in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

By F. Magouz, S. A. Mahmoud, Reham A.A. El-Morsy, B. A. Paray, A. Soliman, Amr I. Zaineldin, Mahmoud A. O. Dawood. 2021

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Abstract Dietary supplementation of herbal essential oils is recommended for aquatic animals due to their growth-promoting, immune, and antioxidative potential. Hence, the present study evaluated the inclusion of menthol essential oil (MNT) at 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, and 0.4% on the growth performance, digestive enzyme activity, immunity, and antioxidative responses of Nile tilapia. After eight weeks, samples were collected, and fish was exposed to acute ammonia challenge at 5 mg TA-N/L for 6 h. The results displayed that dietary MNT significantly enhanced the final body weight (FBW), weight gain, and feed conversion ratio (FCR) in a linear and quadratic manner (P

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Immunology, Plant Science

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