Relative Contributions of Dietary and Waterborne Zinc in the Rainbow Trout, Salmo gairdneri
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Vol. 45 (1), 32-41
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f88-005
Abstract
Rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, were fed purified diets with zinc concentrations ranging from deficient to excessive (1, 90, 590 μg Zn∙g−1) and simultaneously exposed to a range of waterborne [Zn] (7, 39, 148, 529 μg Zn∙L−1). After 1 wk, fish fed the deficient diet, at ambient waterborne [Zn], had low plasma [Zn] which decreased further during the 16-wk experiment. Growth ceased after 12 wk; hematocrit and plasma protein were depressed. Both whole body [Zn] and body burden decreased by 16 wk, but most other elements were elevated. Increasing waterborne [Zn] alone increased plasma [Zn], whole body [Zn], and growth in a graded manner and normalized hematocrit, plasma protein, and other whole body elements. Increasing dietary [Zn] to 90 μg Zn∙g−1 at ambient waterborne [Zn] prevented depression of plasma [Zn] and permitted normal growth and whole body [Zn]. Zinc uptake from water, probably across the gills, was independent of uptake from the diet since at any dietary [Zn], increasing the waterborne [Zn] resulted in increased whole body [Zn]. Even when dietary [Zn] was adequate, the waterborne contribution was as high as 57%, and 100% when the dietary [Zn] was deficient. There were no toxic effects on any of the variables measured.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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