Table 1.
The impacts of Aloe vera and its derivatives as feed additive in aquatic animals
| Aloe vera and its derivatives | Aquatic animal – age/weight | Dose and duration | Impacts | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Aloe vera leaf powder | Juvenile rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli – 25 g | 0.5% of diet – 6 weeks | ↑disease resistance to Vibrio alginolyticus | (Kim et al., 1999) |
| Aloe vera leaf powder | Matrinxã, Brycon amazonicus – 84.7 g | 0.002% – bathing treatment – 2 h | ↑mitigate stress due to transportation | (Zanuzzo et al., 2012) |
| Aloe vera gel | Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss – 50.3 g | 0.1–1% of diet – 6 weeks |
| (Heidarieh, 2013) |
| Aloe vera and propolis mixture (1:1) | Juvenile Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus – 54.3 g | 0.5–2% of diet – 14 days |
| (Dotta et al., 2014) |
| Aloe vera leaf powder | GIFT tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus – 4.83 g | 1–2% of diet – 60 days |
| (Gabriel et al., 2015) |
| 4% of diet – 60 days | cause anemia | |||
| Aloe vera leaf powder | Steelhead trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss – 133.9 g | 0.5% of diet – 6 weeks |
| (Zanuzzo et al., 2015) |
| Aloe vera leaf powder |
|
| ↑disease resistance to Vibrio parahaemolyticus + white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) | (Trejo-Flores et al., 2016) |
| Aloe vera leaf powder | GIFT tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus – 4.83 g | 1–4% of diet – 42 days | ↑masculinization effects | (Gabriel et al., 2017) |
| Aloe vera leaf powder | Pacu, Piaractus mesopotamicus – 71.3 g | 0.5–2% of diet – 10 days |
| (Zanuzzo et al., 2017) |
| Aloe vera leaf powder | Whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei – 2.9 g | 0.1% of diet – 72 h | ↑upregulate immune-related genes expression | (Trejo-Flores et al., 2018) |
| Aloe vera polysaccharides | African catfish, Clarias gariepinus – 3.1 g |
|
| (Gabriel et al., 2019) |
| Aloe-emodin | Rohu, Labeo rohita – 27.8 g | 0.0005% of diet – 8 weeks |
| (Devi et al., 2019) |
| Aloe vera leaf powder | Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss – 10.89 g | 1.5% of diet – 8 weeks |
| (Mehrabi et al., 2019) |
| Aloe vera leaf powder | Common carp, Cyprinus carpio – 1.73 g | 0.2–1.6% of diet – 90 days |
| (Khanal et al., 2021) |
| Aloe vera and Allium sativum mixture (1:1) | African catfish, Clarias gariepinus – 12.28 g | 1% of diet – 60 days |
| (Gabriel et al., 2021) |
| Aloe vera by-product | Golden mullet, Liza aurata – 8.93 g | 2–6% of diet – 91 days |
| (Quirós-Pozo et al., 2021) |
| Aloe vera leaf gel | Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar – 75 g | 0.04% – 28 days | ↑relieve inflammation induced by soybean meal | (Fehrmann-Cartes et al., 2022) |
| Aloe vera leaf powder | Gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata – 138.35 g | 0.5–5% of diet – 60 days |
| (Amri et al., 2022) |
| Methanolic Aloe vera leaf extract | Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus – 4.04 g | 1–3% of diet – 105 days |
| (Syed et al., 2022) |
| Aloe vera gel | Mori fish, Catla catla – 10 g | 1–3% of diet – 70 days |
| (Yousaf et al., 2025) |