Effectiveness of bile acids as a feed supplement to improve growth performance, feed utilization, lipid metabolism, digestive enzymes, and hepatic antioxidant status in aquaculture animals: A meta-analysis

• Published in: Aquaculture reports Vol. 36; p. 102121
• Main Authors: Li, Ling, Liu, Tianyu, Li, Jiarou, Yang, Yanchao, Liu, Haiyan, Zhang, Peiyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2024; Elsevier
• Subjects: alkaline phosphatase; amylases; antioxidants; aquaculture; Aquaculture animals; aquaculture industry; bile; Bile acids; blood serum; body weight; carboxylic ester hydrolases; feed additives; feed conversion; feed supplements; freshwater fish; Growth performance; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; immunoglobulins; lipid content; Lipid metabolism; low density lipoprotein cholesterol; lysozyme; malondialdehyde; marine fish; Meta-analysis; nutritional intervention; protein efficiency ratio; proteinases; regression analysis; species; specific growth rate; superoxide dismutase; systematic review; triacylglycerols; trophic levels; weight gain; WGR; LDL-C; ALP; MDA; HDL-C; SD; SE; CNKI; FBW; Lipid metabolism; PSE; Bile acids; CI; SOD; SMD; TC; Meta-analysis; TG; FCR; CAT; PER; HLC; Growth performance; Aquaculture animals; SGR; FE

The present systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to quantitatively assess the efficacy of dietary supplementation of bile acids on growth performance, feed utilization and physiological parameters in aquaculture species. Hedges’ g effect size and corresponding 95% confidence intervals w...