Mineral Status of Juvenile Beluga (Huso huso) Fed Citric Acid Supplemented Diets

• Main Authors: Fateme Khajepour, Seyed Abbas Hosseini
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; Beluga Citric acid Calcium Phosphorus Scute Muscle Serum; Beluga; Beluga*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.390.6217; http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj11(6)/7.pdf

Abstract: A study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary citric acid (CA) (0, 1, 2 and 3%) on the Calcium(Ca) and Phosphorus(P) content of muscle, scute and serum of Beluga (Huso huso) juveniles (25.1±1.9 g). After 8 weeks feeding on the experimental diets, Calcium(Ca) and Phosphorus(P) content of muscle, scute and serum were measured. The results revealed that addition with 2 % and 3 % CA significantly increased the Ca and P content of muscle and serum. Dietary CA had no effect on Ca content of scute, but P content of scute was significantly higher compared to additional 1 % CA and control. These results indicate that addition of CA to diet of Beluga increased the bioavailability of mineral, thereby increasing muscle and scute mineralzation.