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Effects of dietary asafoetida (Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen) levels on feeding attraction activity, growth performance, healthiness, and digestive enzyme activity in juvenile Lateolabrax japonicus

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The study was to investigate effects of asafoetida (Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen) powder on feeding attraction activity (FAA), growth performance, healthiness, and digestive enzyme activity of juvenile Lateolabrax japonicus. Six concentration levels (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 g/kg diets) were formulated for luring and feeding experiment. Results showed that asafoetida could stimulate the appetite of L. japonicus at the dietary levels from 10 to 25 g/kg; reduce the feed conversion ratio (FCR) and feed intake (FI) at 10–20 g/kg; increase the weight gain (WG) and specific growth rate (SGR) at 5–10 g/kg; increase the hepatosomatic index (HSI), body crude lipid content, serum total protein (TP) content, and lysozyme activity at 10–15 g/kg; decrease the moisture at 10–15 g/kg; and increase the serum total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) activity at 5–15 g/kg, when compared with the control group (p < 0.05). Digestive enzyme activities including amylase (AMS) and trypsin in the intestine were significantly affected by the asafoetida powder (p < 0.05). Regression analyses between the FAA, FCR, WG, SGR, HSI, LZM, T-SOD, AMS, trypsin, and the dietary asafoetida powder levels showed that the optimal additional amount was 16.95, 13.65, 8.36, 8.15, 15.45, 9.94, 8.75, 11.77, and 7.07 g/kg, respectively, indicating that the optimal amount of asafoetida powder was located in 7.07–16.95 g/kg diet. However, combined with the significant difference analyses obtained from the current study, we would suggest the additive suitable dosage was 10 g/kg.

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We acknowledge the assistance of Peng Da. Jiang, Chen Ying. Wang, Yi Yuan, and Min Yang.

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This research was supported by Natural Science Fund Project in Fujian, China (Grant No. 2017 J01638), Science and Technology Planning Project in Fujian, China (Grant No. 2015 N0010), Science and Technology Project in Xiamen, China (Grant No. 3502Z20143017), and Science and Technology Planning Project in Fujian, China (Grant No. 2017S0053).

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Xu, A., Shang-Guan, J., Li, Z. et al. Effects of dietary asafoetida (Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen) levels on feeding attraction activity, growth performance, healthiness, and digestive enzyme activity in juvenile Lateolabrax japonicus. Fish Physiol Biochem 46, 1991–2003 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-020-00849-x

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