Research Article

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 6

Liver enzymes of rainbow trout (O. mykiss) over 60 days feeding with TGO.

ParametersTG1TG2TG3TG4

ALT (U/mL)19.22 ± 0.70a13.05 ± 0.62b14.53 ± 0.81b15.63 ± 0.63b
AST (U/mL)11.55 ± 0.76a10.42 ± 0.63ab8.47 ± 0.34b9.19 ± 0.24b
ALP (U/mL)25.2 ± 0.70a19.9 ± 0.65b16.7 ± 0.72b17.5 ± 0.63b

Control or TG1 (untreated), TG2 (0.5% TGO), TG3 (1% TGO), and TG4 (2% TGO). ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; and ALP, alkaline phosphatase. Different letters (a–b) in the same row indicate significant differences ().