Microbial levan in the diet of Labeo rohita Hamilton juveniles: effect on non‐specific immunity and histopathological changes after challenge with Aeromonas hydrophila

Journal of Fish Diseases - Tập 31 Số 9 - Trang 649-657 - 2008
Sanjay Kumar Gupta1, A. K. Pal1, Narottam Prasad Sahu1, R. S. Dalvi1, Vikash Kumar1, S.C. Mukherjee1
1Department of Fish Nutrition and Biochemistry, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India

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AbstractA 60‐day feeding trial was conducted to study the immuno‐protective effect of microbial levan on Labeo rohita juveniles challenged with Aeromonas hydrophila. Six purified diets were prepared with different levels of microbial levan: control (no levan), T1 (Basal + 0.25%), T2 (Basal + 0.50%), T3 (Basal + 0.75%), T4 (Basal + 1%) and T5 (Basal + 1.25%), fed to six groups of fish in triplicate. Among the treatment groups the haemoglobin content and total leucocyte count were increased with a dietary supplementation of levan at 1% or more. An increasing trend for total erythrocyte count was observed with increasing level of dietary levan. Lower levan‐supplemented groups showed a higher albumin/globulin ratio. As the levan supplementation was increased, there was a gradual increase in serum lysozyme activity and respiratory burst activity [nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) assay] reduction values. The highest lysozyme activity and NBT were observed in the T5 group although this was similar to the T4 group (P > 0.05). No significant histo‐architectural changes were associated with dietary levan levels. After challenge with A. hydrophila, moderately degenerated hepatocytes, oedema and leucocytic infiltration in parenchymatous tissues, and extensive haemorrhage and haemosiderosis in the kidney were observed in the control group. However, the T5 group supplemented with 1.25% levan showed infiltrating leucocytes in the liver while the kidney showed only moderate degeneration of renal tubules. The relative survival per cent of juveniles after challenge with A. hydrophila was the highest in the T5 group followed by T4. This suggests that microbial levan at 1.25% can be used as dietary immunostimulant for L. rohita juveniles.

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Journal of Fish Diseases

Tập 31 Số 9

649-657

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