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Effects of Vitamin Nutrition on the Immune Response of Hatchery-Reared Salmonids

Annual Report 1984

Document format: pdf

Publisher: U.S. Department of Energy

Creation date: September 1, 1985

The Abernathy Salmon Culture Technology Center (A.S.C.T.C.) and the Department of Microbiology at Oregon State University, with funding from the Bonneville Power Administration, are presently conducting a study on the effects of vitamin nutrition on immunity and disease resistance in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). It is the long range goal of this project to define the dietary levels of pyridoxine, folic acid, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, and vitamin E required to assume maximum resistance to disease. In the first year of this study we are 1) developing and optimizing a battery of immunological assays for the assessment of immunity in spring chinook salmon, 2) determining the effects of various pyridoxine levels on growth rate and food conversion, and exploring briefly, the means by which a purified diet may be modified to approximate the growth efficiency of a practical diet.

Key Words: DOE • Finfish Disease • Vitamin Treatments • Salmon