Table 1 Impact of nano chitosan gel (NCG) bath and/or C. albicans infection on frequencies of behavioral pattern (m⁻¹( of Nile tilapia for ten days

Loss of equilibrium

0.00 ± 0.00^c

0.00 ± 0.00^c

6.45 ± 0.04^a

3.31 ± 0.02^b

< 0.001

Surfacing

0.31 ± 0.02^c

0.38 ± 0.02^c

3.30 ± 007^a

2.08 ± 0.08^b

< 0.001

Abnormal swimming

1.14 ± 0.03^c

1.21 ± 0.02^c

9.85 ± 0.17^a

5.36 ± 0.09^b

< 0.001

Resting

1.34 ± 0.03^c

1.32 ± 0.07^c

3.77 ± 0.06^a

2.05 ± 0.03^b

< 0.001

Abnormal movement

Vertical movement

0.00 ± 00^c

0.00 ± 0.00^c

3.04 ± 0.02^a

1.93 ± 0.04^b

< 0.001

Circular movement

0.00 ± 00^c

0.00 ± 00^c

3.37 ± 0.22^a

0.99 ± 0.10^b

< 0.001

Aggressive behaviour

Chasing

0.15 ± 0.01^c

0.18 ± 0.01^c

3.29 ± 0.16^a

1.90 ± 0.06^b

< 0.001

Mouth pushing

0.00 ± 00^c

0.00 ± 0.27^c

2.10 ± 0.17^a

1.30 ± 0.17^b

< 0.001

Approach

0.55 ± 0.03^c

0.60 ± 0.11^c

4.09 ± 0.05^a

2.25 ± 0.02^b

< 0.001

Fin tugging

0.66 ± 0.02

0.73 ± 0.02

1.05 ± 0.09

1.00 ± 0.01

0.43

Fleeing

0.84 ± 0.02^c

0.89 ± 0.03^c

6.35 ± 0.20^a

3.25 ± 0.14^b

< 0.001

Butting

0.00 ± 00

0.00 ± 00

0.15 ± 0.14

0.10 ± 0.02

0.07