Four New Dietary Supplements for Fish Produced in Iran

The fisheries, natural resources, and environment department of the Islamic Azad University (IAU) produced the supplements for rainbow trout and Siberian sturgeon.

Evonik Industries which is one of the largest specialty chemicals companies in the world, and IAU’s research center for agriculture and natural resources development cooperated in producing the supplements.

Results of the research showed the effects of several herbal products on the growth, improvement of antioxidant capacity, and immune system of fish.

The results also showed that the use of such ingredients in the diet can reduce the length of the breeding period of fish by more than 50 percent and the risk of their mortality in the face of some pathogenic agents by about 70 percent.

A simultaneous significant reduction in the length of the fish breeding period and water consumption is a notable achievement for the aquaculture industry.

Successive droughts in the country in recent years and the high volume of water needed by the aquaculture industry have necessitated the use of such supplements in feeding aquatic animals.

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