Vitamin D alleviates skin lesion morbidity in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) after infection with Aeromonas hydrophila. Differences in the severity of skin lesions in grass carp fed diets with 15.2 (A) and 1167.9 IU/kg (B) vitamin D supplementation. Arrowhead indicates the skin lesion. (C) Effects of available vitamin D levels on skin lesion severity in grass carp after infection with A. hydrophila. Hematoxylin and eosin staining of fish skin in the 15.2 (D) and 1167.9 IU/kg (E) vitamin D supplementation group. Epithelial ulceration (★), disintegration of tissue structure (❊), germinal layer (GL), basal layer (GL), club cell (CC). Values are the means ± SD, represented by vertical bars. Values with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).