Table 7 Influences of dietary bentonite on serum immune parameters of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax).

From: Bentonite-supplemented diets improved fish performance ammonia excretion haemato-biochemical analyses immunity antioxidants and histological characteristics of European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax

Serum parameters

Treatments

B0

B0.5

B1.0

B1.5

B3.0

B4.5

Glucose

154.0 ± 11.0bc

129.0 ± 4.0c

173.0 ± 5.0ab

131.0 ± 3.0c

143.5 ± 9.5c

183.0 ± 6.0a

Total protein

3.82 ± 0.05b

3.99 ± 0.02b

5.05 ± 0.07a

5.02 ± 0.10a

4.88 ± 0.01a

4.35 ± 0.57ab

Globulin

1.65 ± 0.09b

2.74 ± 0.06a

2.90 ± 0.13a

3.19 ± 0.02a

3.08 ± 0.03a

2.56 ± 0.65b

  1. The values with a different superscript in the same row are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05). Where B0 = 0% bentonite, B0.5 = 0.5% bentonite, B1 = 1% bentonite, B1.5 = 1.5% bentonite, B3.0 = 3.0% bentonite, and B4.5 = 4.5% bentonite.
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