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Effects of nano-selenium and/or vitamin E supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant status, histopathology and resistance to Aspergillus flavus in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Bazina WK 1 , Tawfik WA 2 , Abd Elghany NA 3 , Saadony S 4 , Abdul Kari Z 5 , Alamoudi MO 6 Show all authors , Aly MYM 1 , Younis AE 7 , Mathew RT 8 , Eissa MEH 9 , Munir MB 10 , Ibrahim S 11 , Yousef I 12 , Omar YOH 13 , Eissa EH 14 , Abd Elnabi HE 15

Affiliations 

  • 1 National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
  • 2 NaQaa Nanotechnology Network (NNN), Giza, Egypt
  • 3 Fish Diseases Department, Animal Health Research Institute, Dokki, ARC, Giza, Egypt
  • 4 Department of Animal Production and Fish Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
  • 5 Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, 17600, Malaysia
  • 6 Biology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
  • 7 Biology Department, Faculty of Science at Yanbu, Taibah University, Yanbu El-Bahr, 46423, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • 8 Fish Resources Research Center, King Faisal University, Hofuf-420, Al-Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia
  • 9 Biotechnology Department, Fish Farming and Technology Institute, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt. moahedaelsayed@gmail.com
  • 10 Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali, Sinaut Campus, Tutong, TB1741, Brunei Darussalam
  • 11 Fisheries Research Institute Pulau Sayak, Department of Fisheries Malaysia, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, 08500 Kota Kuala Muda, Kedah, Malaysia
  • 12 Aquaculture Consultant, Mansoura, Egypt
  • 13 Department Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia
  • 14 Fish Research Centre, Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, El-Arish, Egypt. sayedhemd@gmail.com
  • 15 Department of Fish Resources and Aquaculture, Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, El-Arish, Egypt. habdenabi@aru.edu.eg
BMC Vet Res, 2025 Feb 05;21(1):50.
PMID: 39910528 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-025-04471-y

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) and/or vitamin E (VE) on the growth, body composition, metabolic parameters, histopathology, and resistance of Nile tilapia to Aspergillus flavus.

RESULTS: Monosex Nile tilapia fingerlings were sourced from the Bazina farm and hatchery in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt, where the experiment was also conducted. The fish were acclimatized for 15 days before the trial. A total of 240 fingerlings (average weight 46 ± 3.0 g/fish) were divided equally across 12 concrete tanks (1 × 1 × 1.2 m, 1 m³ capacity), with 20 fish per tank. The fish were fed a control diet (T0), which was a basal diet with no supplementation, or one of three experimental diets for 60 days: T1 (1 mg SeNPs/kg), T2 (100 mg VE/kg), and T3 (1 mg SeNPs + 100 mg VE/kg). The experiment followed a completely randomized design (CRD) with three replicates per treatment. The combination of SeNPs and VE (T3) resulted in the best feed conversion ratio. A slight but significant increase (P 

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