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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary yeast polysaccharide (YPS) supplementation on the growth performance, whole-body composition, antioxidant capacity, and immunity of juvenile largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). In this study, five diets with YPS levels of 0.00% (control), 0.05% (0.05Y), 0.10% (0.10Y), 0.15% (0.15Y), and 0.20% (0.20Y) were designed and prepared. A total of 300 healthy fish (3.20 ± 0.03 g) were randomly divided into 15 floating cages (1 × 1 × 1 m) in five different groups, with three replicates per group, for an 8-week culture experiment. The 0.10Y and 0.20Y groups had significantly higher feed conversion ratios compared with the control group. There was no significant effect on any of the other growth indicators. Plasma biochemical indices showed that the 0.10Y group exhibited the highest plasma alkaline phosphatase content and the 0.20Y group exhibited the highest plasma glucose content. Plasma antioxidant indices (total antioxidant capacity, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione) and antioxidant genes (catalase and superoxide dismutase) were elevated in the 0.05Y or 0.10Y groups, and the malondialdehyde content decreased with increasing YPS concentration. Moreover, the 0.05Y group showed significantly higher immune-related gene (nuclear factor-kappa B, interleukin-8, and interleukin-10) mRNA expression. Altogether, our results indicate that dietary YPS supplementation enhances the antioxidant and immune capacity of M. salmoides, but with no positive effect on their growth.

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Title
A Study on the Dietary Yeast Polysaccharide Supplementation in Growth Performance, Antioxidant Capacity, and Immunity of Juvenile Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Author
Qin, Junjie 1 ; Mi, Haifeng 2 ; Ren, Mingchun 3 ; Huang, Dongyu 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Liang, Hualiang 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Zhang, Lu 2 ; Teng, Tao 2 ; Yin, Heng 2 

 Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, China; [email protected] (J.Q.); [email protected] (M.R.) 
 Tongwei Agricultural Development Co. Ltd., Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Healthy Culture of Aquatic, Livestock and Poultry, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Healthy Aquaculture Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610093, China; [email protected] (H.M.); [email protected] (T.T.); [email protected] (H.Y.) 
 Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, China; [email protected] (J.Q.); [email protected] (M.R.); Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China; [email protected] 
 Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China; [email protected] 
First page
26
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
24103888
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3159412279
Copyright
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.