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Dietary Administration of Lactobacillus plantarum Enhanced Growth Performance and Innate Immune Response of Siberian Sturgeon, Acipenser baerii

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We investigated the effects of Lactobacillus plantarum used as a dietary supplement on the growth performance and innate immune response in juvenile Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii. Juvenile fish (14.6 ± 2.3 g) were fed three experimental diets prepared by supplementing a basal diet with L. plantarum at different concentrations [1 × 107, 1 × 108 and 1 × 109 colony-forming units (cfu) g−1] and a control (non-supplemented basal) diet for 8 weeks. Growth performance indices were increased in fish fed the 1 × 108 cfu g−1 L. plantarum diet compared to the other groups. There was an increased innate immune response in fish fed the experimental diets. The highest levels of lysozyme activity, total immunoglobulin (IgM) and complement component 3 (C3) were observed in fish fed the diet containing L. plantarum at a concentration of 1 × 108 cfu g−1, but there was no significant difference in the level of complement component 4 (C4) in fish fed the experimental diets or the control diet. The present study underlying some positive effects (growth performance and immune indices) of dietary administration of L. plantarum at a concentration of 1 × 108 cfu g−1 in the Siberian sturgeon.

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The authors would like to thank all the technical staff of Shahid Beheshti Sturgeon Propagation and Cultivation Center (Guilan Province, Iran) for their help and support during the conduction of this experiment.

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  1. Caspian Sea International Sturgeon Research Institute, Rasht, Iran

    Moheb Ali Pourgholam & Mohammad Ali Yazdani Sadati

  2. Fisheries Department, Faculty of Natural Resources, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan Branch, Lahijan, Iran

    Hossein Khara

  3. Ecology Research Institute of the Caspian Sea, Sari, Iran

    Reza Safari

  4. Fisheries Department, Faculty of Natural Resources, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

    Mohammad Sadegh Aramli

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Pourgholam, M.A., Khara, H., Safari, R. et al. Dietary Administration of Lactobacillus plantarum Enhanced Growth Performance and Innate Immune Response of Siberian Sturgeon, Acipenser baerii . Probiotics & Antimicro. Prot. 8, 1–7 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-015-9205-7

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