Does anyone have information about effect of level of protein in diet and lysozyme in rainbow trout serum? if protein level of diet decrease, what happen to lysozyme?
The modulation of non-specific and specific immune mechanism by dietary protein was examined in rainbow trout. The lysozyme activity was reduced in protein-deficient fish. The variation of C-reactive protein level in fish at different nutritional statuses merits further examination. Antibody production was maintained, even in protein-deficient fish, indicating that defence systems operate preferentially to ward off infection. Pathogenic challenge trials reveal the importance of an optimum level of dietary protein, from the point of health; resistance to viruses varied among the different strains of trout.