Method for treatment or prevention of gill disease
AssigneeNutreco IP Assets B.V.
InventorsJulia Elizabeth Mullins, Charles McGurk, Øyvind Røn
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Abstract
Composition for treatment of mucus on fish gills for a therapeutic or a prophylactic treatment of an amoebic gill disease in fish, where the composition comprises an extruded fish feed supplemented with arginine; said fish feed comprising protein, binder, fat, vitamins and minerals; and a total arginine content of the fish feed is at least 3.0% (wt/wt) of a total feed weight.
Claims12
A method of increasing a mucus viscosity of a fish in need thereof, comprising determining that the fish is in need of increased mucus viscosity, and providing an extruded fish feed to the fish in need thereof, wherein the extruded fish feed comprises a total arginine content of at least 3.0% (wt/wt) of total feed weight.
A method of increasing a polysaccharide concentration in the mucus of a fish in need thereof, comprising determining that the fish is in need of increased polysaccharide concentration in the mucus, and providing an extruded fish feed to the fish in need thereof, wherein the extruded fish feed comprises a total arginine content of at least 3.0% (wt/wt) of total feed weight.
A method of increasing a lysozyme concentration in the mucus of a fish in need thereof, comprising determining that the fish is in need of increased lysozyme concentration in the mucus, and providing an extruded fish feed to the fish in need thereof, wherein the extruded fish feed comprises a total arginine content of at least 3.0% (wt/wt) of total feed weight.
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