The present research evaluated the effects of dietary tryptophan (Trp) on growth
performance, intestinal mucosal immune, barrier function and antioxidant capacity and gene …

As an organophosphate ester (OPE), triphenyl phosphate (TPhP) has been frequently
detected in aquatic environments, and its environmental risk has been widely studied. The …

Currently, the use of herbs and phytogenic compound formulations in fish diets plays a vital
role in the prevention of several fungal infections in farmed fish. Hence, this study was …

The main objective of the present research was to investigate the impacts of commercial
immunostimulants on growth, non-specific immune response, antioxidant enzymes, and …

Studies on the complement system of bony fish are now finishing a stage of homologue-
hunting identification of the components, unveiling existence of almost all the orthologues of …

This study was conducted to evaluate the antioxidative and immunity roles of diets
supplemented with ChNP and vitamin C on Oreochromis niloticus against sublethal …

The digestive tract of fish is essentially a muscular tube lined by a mucous membrane of
columnar epithelial cells that exhibit regional variation in structure and function. In the last …

Maternal immunity is of paramount importance for protection of young ones at early stage of
life since the immune factors of an immunocompetent female are transferred transplacentally …

Disease is an enduring threat to aquaculture, with direct costs from outbreaks of more than
US $6 billion a year. Efforts to reduce antibiotic use in aquaculture have resulted in a recent …

Lysozymes are an ancient group of antimicrobial enzymes of the innate immune system.
Here we provide a comparative analysis of the evolution and function of lysozymes during …