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The effect of vitamin E and oxidized fish oil on the nutrition of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) grown at natural, varying water temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

C. B. Cowey ,
Elizabeth Degener ,
A. G. J. Tacon ,
A. Youngson  and
J. G. Bell
C. B. Cowey
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Biochemistry, St Fittick's Road, Aberdeen AB1 3RA andUniversity of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
Elizabeth Degener
Affiliation:
Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
A. G. J. Tacon
Affiliation:
Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
A. Youngson
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Biochemistry, St Fittick's Road, Aberdeen AB1 3RA andUniversity of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
J. G. Bell
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Biochemistry, St Fittick's Road, Aberdeen AB1 3RA andUniversity of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
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1. Groups of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) of approximate mean initial weight 8 g were grown in outdoor tanks over a 14-week period at water temperatures between 12° (start) and 6° (end). Four diets were used. Two contained non-oxidized fish oil (120 g/kg) with or without supplementary DL-α tocopheryl acetate and two contained moderately oxidized fish oil again with or without DL-α-tocopheryl acetate. The measured selenium content of the diets was 0.10 mg/kg.

2. No significant differences occurred as a consequence of the use of moderately oxidized oil compared with the corresponding treatments using non-oxidized oil. Significant differences did occur between dietary treatments that contained supplementary DL-α-tocopheryl acetate and those that did not. These differences applied to weight gain, haematocrit, erythrocyte fragility, mortalities, liver and muscle tocopherol concentrations and lipid peroxidation of liver mitochondria in vitro. Liver glutathione peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.9) activity was unaffected by the dietary treatments used and the proportions of fatty acids in polar lipids of liver and muscle were little changed by the diets used. Severe muscle damage occurred in trout given diets lacking supplementary DL-α-tocopheryl acetate.

3. Previous experiments carried out on rainbow trout at a constant water temperature of 15° (Hung et al. 1981; Cowey et al. 1981, 1983), using diets lacking supplementary vitamin E, did not lead to differences in weight gain, pathological changes or mortalities.

4. Vitamin E requirement may increase as water temperature decreases; minimum dietary requirements for vitamin E measured at a constant water temperature of 15° may not be valid under practical conditions where water temperatures vary over the year.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , May 1984 , pp. 443 - 451
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1984

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