Abstract
The goal of the present study was to find whether higher soybean meal (SBM) levels might trigger soybean meal-induced enteritis (SBMIE) in turbot. If so, caution must be taken when mixing ingredients containing saponins and other antinutrients to avoid SBMIE like symptoms. In a 8week feeding trial conduced on turbot, three isonitrogenous and isolipidic diets were formulated to include 26%, 40% and 54% SBM to progressively replace 30%, 45% and 60% fish meal (FM) in a FM based diet, respectively. The results showed that SBM caused dose-dependent decreases in growth performance and nutrient utilization. Enteritis developed in the distal intestine in the inclusion range of 26–54%. Dose-dependent increases in severity of the inflammation, with concomitant alterations in brush border membrane enzymes and inflammatory marker genes expression were seen. Our results confirm the hypothesis that high inclusion level of SBM may cause similar inflammatory changes as observed in several other fish species. Thus, caution must be taken when formulating turbot diets based on ingredients that may contain saponins and other antinutrients. Moreover, turbot is also a candidate species for the study of causes and mechanism of diet induced inflammation in the intestine of fish. Statement of relevanceThe present work first describes the soybean meal induced enteritis in turbot and provides the information that caution must be taken when formulating turbot diets based on ingredients that may contain saponins of other antinutrients.
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