%0 Journal Article %T Effect of purple coneflower (Echinacea purpora) and garlic (Allium satvium) as a supplemented dietary intake on some non-specific immune status, hematological parameters and growth performance in grower (Huso huso) %J Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology %I Ferdowsi University of Mashhad %Z 2008-465X %A Nazerian, Sareh %A Gholipour  kanani, Hosna %A Jafaryan, Hojat Allah %A Soltani, Mehdi %A Patimar, Rahman %A Esmaili mola, Abbas %D 2016 %\ 06/01/2016 %V 8 %N 2 %P 29-39 %! Effect of purple coneflower (Echinacea purpora) and garlic (Allium satvium) as a supplemented dietary intake on some non-specific immune status, hematological parameters and growth performance in grower (Huso huso) %K Echinacea purpurea %K Garlic %K Huso huso %K innate immunity %R 10.22067/veterinary.v8i2.37881 %X The effects of orally administered purple cone flower Echinacea purpura and garlic (Allium satvium) on the non-specific immunity and growth condition of beluga weighing 1.15 ± 0.02 kg were evaluated for a period of 60 days. The tree groups of fish were fed two diets containing 0.5% purple coneflower and 1% garlic and a control diet containing no supplemented herb. The growth performance was positively affected by both dietary herbal supplementations (p < 0.05). Among the humoral factors, serum alternative complement, lysozyme and respiratory burst activity increased significantly in all supplemented groups when compared to the control (p < 0.05). These findings demonstrate that dietary Echinacea and garlic can modulate some of the innate defense mechanisms, hematological and growth parameters in Huso huso. %U https://ijvst.um.ac.ir/article_28709_9fb15a0c921f124e71d2ddd873669359.pdf