Abdallah Tageldein Mansour, Ahmed H Arisha, Rewan Abdelaziz, Khairiah Mubarak Alwutayd, Hien Van Doan, Abd Elhakeem El-Murr, Walaa El-Houseiny
The effects of long-term dietary supplementation with sandalwood (Santalum album L.) essential oil (SEO) was investigated on hemato-biochemical biomarkers, immune status, antioxidant capacity, and resistance against Staphylococcus aureus in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Five groups (with four replicates) of O. niloticus (12.60 ± 0.20 g) were fed diets supplemented with SEO at doses of 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 4.0 mL/kg diet for 60 days. Results indicated a substantial increase in blood protein levels and lower serum cholesterol, cortisol, glucose, urea, creatinine levels and, transaminase activities of fish fed a 2...
February 1, 2024: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry