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Effects of feeding a high level of D-glucose on liver function in juvenile white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)

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Juvenile white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) were fed three isonitrogenous and isoenergetic diets containing either 35% D-glucose (HC), a mixture of 20% dextrin and 10% cellulose (MC), or 23% cellulose (LC), to investigate the effects of dietary carbohydrate on liver function. After 8-week feeding, body weight gain of fish fed the HC diet was consistently higher than that of fish fed the MC and LC diets, but was not significantly different from the MC-fed fish. Fish fed the HC diet had significantly (p < 0.05) higher feed efficiencies and liver glycogen concentrations than fish fed the MC and LC diets. Sturgeon were injected intravenously with 10 mg kg-1 body weight of sulfobromophthalein (BSP) and post-injection blood taken from the caudal vein at 15, 30, 60, and 120 min. No significant differences in plasma BSP concentrations were found among the treatments at these times. Plasma hemoglobin and activities of aspartate and alanine aminotransferase were not affected by the diets. This study suggests that the HC diet does not adversely affect liver function or weight gain. Inclusion of high dietary levels of digestible and inexpensive carbohydrates in commercial sturgeon feeds seems promising, but long-term feeding trials should be conducted to confirm this assertion.

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    Kofi Fynn-Aikins & Steven G. Hughes

  2. Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616-8521, USA

    Silas S. O. Hung

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Fynn-Aikins, K., Hung, S.S.O. & Hughes, S.G. Effects of feeding a high level of D-glucose on liver function in juvenile white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus). Fish Physiol Biochem 12, 317–325 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00004416

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