Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) Essential Oil at Optimized Dietary Levels Prompted Growth, Immunity, and Resistance to Enteric Red-Mouth Disease in the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Table 4

Biochemical parameters of rainbow trout (O. mykiss) over 60 days feeding with TGO.

Parameters	TG1	TG2	TG3	TG4
TP (g/dL)	3.65 ± 0.07^b	4.07 ± 0.05^a	4.05 ± 0.04^ab	4.03 ± 0.08^ab
ALB (g/dL)	2.42 ± 0.04^a	2.55 ± 0.02^a	2.59 ± 0.03^a	2.57 ± 0.04^a
GLO (g/dL)	2.35 ± 0.12^a	2.35 ± 0.05^a	2.43 ± 0.03^a	2.43 ± 0.05^a
TRIG (mg/dL)	158.75 ± 2.41^a	133.77 ± 1.87^c	135.37 ± 2.21^c	146.66 ± 1.37^b
CHOL (mg/dL)	190.3 ± 1.58^a	150.08 ± 3.13^b	149.52 ± 1.42^b	152.77 ± 3.8^b
GLU (mg/dL)	79.71 ± 1.13^a	59.81 ± 1.21^b	55.21 ± 0.79^c	60.55 ± 1.19^ab
CORT (nmol/L)	55.4 ± 1.03^a	45.5 ± 0.73^b	46.2 ± 0.87^b	45.44 ± 1.31^b

Control or TG1 (untreated), TG2 (0.5% TGO), TG3 (1% TGO), and TG4 (2% TGO). TP, total protein; ALB, albumin; GLO, globulin; TRIG, triglycerides; CHOL, cholesterol; GLU, glucose; and CORT, cortisol. Different letters (a–c) in the same row indicate significant differences ().