TY - JOUR JF - IFRO JO - IJFS VL - 14 IS - 3 PY - 2015 Y1 - 2015/7/01 TI - Effects of yeast nucleotide on growth performance, serum immune index and muscle composition of Ancherythroculter nigrocauda Yih & Wu TT - N2 - A 50-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of yeast nucleotide in diets on growth performance, serum immune indices and muscle composition of Ancherythroculter nigrocauda (mean initial body weight, 23.30±0.59 g). Seven isonitrogenous (approximately 42.76% crude protein) and isoenergetic (17.43 KJ g−1 gross energy) experimental diets with varying levels of yeast nucleotide (0[control], 150, 300, 450, 600, 750 and 900 mg kg−1) were fed near to satiation to triplicate groups of fish. The results showed that the highest weight gain ratio (WGR), specific growth rate (SGR), protein efficiency ratio (PER), and best feed conversion ratio (FCR) were evident in fish fed 450-600 mg kg−1 yeast nucleotide diet. The intramuscular protein and fat contents of data also supported the above level. The serum enzymes showed that activities of lysozyme (LZS) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in fish increased first and decreased afterwards with the dietary nucleotide supplemental level increasing. The LZS activity in serum was found to be significantly (p SP - 646 EP - 659 AU - Yin, H.C AU - Huang, J AU - Yang, D.H AU - Zhao, H.Y AU - Jia, F AU - Zhang, Y AD - +86 371 677 5651 KW - Ancherythroculter nigrocauda KW - Yeast nucleotide KW - Growth performance KW - Serum immune index KW - Muscle composition UR - http://jifro.ir/article-1-941-en.html ER -