Publication Abstract

Dietary vitamin E and the response of rainbow trout, Oncorychus mykiss (Walbaum) to infection with Yersinia ruckeri

D. Furones, D.J. Alderman, D. Bucke, T. Fletcher and A. White

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed diets containing 7, 86 or 806 mg vitamin E/kg for 22 weeks were exposed to virulent Yersinia ruckeri by bath or injection. Mortalities were always least among those fed the highest concentration of vitamin E but serum antibody production was not affected by vitamin E levels.

Reference:

D. Furones, D.J. Alderman, D. Bucke, T. Fletcher and A. White, 1992. Dietary vitamin E and the response of rainbow trout, Oncorychus mykiss (Walbaum) to infection with Yersinia ruckeri. Journal of Fish Biology, 41: 1037-1041.