Effects of organic and mineral selenium supplementation on growth performance, heamatological and immunological properties of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

The present study was carried out to evaluate the effects of various amounts of organic and mineral selenium supplementation on growth performance (including condition factor (CF), specific growth rate (SGR), and weight gain (WG)), heamatological indices and liver histopathology. Nine dietary treatments were prepared and supplemented with selenium at 0 (control group (T0)), 0.15 (T1), 0.3 (T2), 0.45 (T3) and 0.6 g/kg of fish diet (T4). Fish were fed with formulated diet during 60 days of experiment. The average weight gain of the T3 group that was fed with organic selenium (214±18.6 g) was significantly higher (P