Vitamin D Is Not an Essential Nutrient for Rora (Labeo rohita) as a Representative of Freshwater Fish

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• This investigation was directed towards finding the need of vitamin D for fish. The freshwater column feeder fish Labeo rohita (Rora) was used for the study. Early fry stage fish were divided into four experimental groups of 350 each: two groups were kept in natural light, while the other two were maintained under total darkness. One each of the light and dark-grown groups was supplied dietary vitamin D3 [1, 650 i.u/kg diet], whereas the other groups were fed a vitamin D-deficient diet for six months. The known vitamin D-related functions and growth parameters were studied in these four experimental groups of fish. The results showed that fish reared on vitamin D-deficient diet and in dark did not have even traces of liver vitamin D, indicating a state of vitamin D deficiency in these fish. No significant differences were observed in percent bone to body weight or dry matter of the vitamin D-deficient/ supplemented groups of fish grown in light/dark. Further, it was also observed that there were no significant changes in bone and carcass ash or calcium and phosphorus content in response to vitamin D3 sup-plementation as compared to the groups which did not receive vitamin D3 (grown both in light and dark). Also, there was little change in several other parameters like carcass protein and lipid, mortality rates, hepatosomatic index, and feed efficiency between the vitamin D-deficient/ supplemented groups of fish. Thus, these findings suggest that vitamin D may not be an essential nutrient for Rora (Labeo rohita) as a representa-tive of freshwater fish.

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著者

• Raghuramulu Namala

  Department Of Endocrinology And Metabolism National Institute Of Nutrition

• Rao Devara

  Department Of Pediatrics Women And Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island Brown Medical School

• ASHOK Avadhani

  Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam

• RAO Devara

  Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism

• Ashok Avadhani

  Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Prasanthi Nilayam

• RAGHURAMULU Namala

  Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism

• Rao Devera

  Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism

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