Effects of vitamin A palmitate, β-carotene and retinoic acid on the growth and incidence of deformities in larvae of red sea bream Chrysophrys major
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The effects of vitamin A palmitate (VAP; 2.7, 27 and 165 mg/100 g diet),
β-carotene (βC; 1, 9 and 50 mg/100 g diet) and retinoic acid (RA; 2.8, 28 and 166 mg/100 g diet) on the incidence of deformities in red sea bream (Chrysophrys major) larvae were examined using zein-based micro-bound diets during 15 days. Growth (final body weight, weight gain and total length) and survival rate were affected by the increasing supplementation of these compounds. The abnormalities observed in the larvae included the compression or apparent fusion of the segments in the notochord and mouth deformities. Compression/apparent fusion of the segments was detected mainly in vertebrae of the hemal zone, affecting the total length of larvae. Incidence of these deformities increased with increasing levels of VAP,
βC and RA in the diets, but a significantly higher percentage of affected vertebrae was observed in the larvae fed the diets containing RA. The effect of βC was unclear in the present experiment, since only the highest concentration caused significant incidence. The results of this study show that dietary vitamin A may be related to the vertebral deformities in red sea bream larvae.
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Hernández-H, L., Teshima, S., Koshio, S., Ishikawa, M., Gallardo-Cigarroa, F., Alam, M., & Uyan, O. (2023). Effects of vitamin A palmitate, β-carotene and retinoic acid on the growth and incidence of deformities in larvae of red sea bream Chrysophrys major. Ciencias Marinas, 32(1B), 195–204. https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v32i12.1026
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