Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8498503 | Fish & Shellfish Immunology | 2018 | 40 Pages |
Abstract
The effects of inulin and mannan oligosaccharide (MOS) at different doses (2.5, 4 and 10â¯mg/g) in singular or combined diet on growth rate, immune related genes expression, and resistance to white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) and Vibrio alginolyticus in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) were investigated. At the end of 28-day singular feeding experiment, the highest values of specific growth rate (SGR) and the expression of toll-like receptor1, 2 and 3 (TLR1, 2, 3), signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT), crustin, anti-lipopolysaccharide factor (ALF) as well as prophenoloxidase (proPO) were observed in shrimp individually fed with 5â¯mg/g dietary inulin or MOS, respectively. Compared with individual treatments, diet containing combined prebiotics (5â¯mg/g inulin and MOS) significantly improved the expression of TLRs, STAT, proPO, crustin and ALF in L. vannamei after four-week feeding. Additionally, Pacific white shrimp fed with combined dietary prebiotics showed significantly higher expression of immune related genes and lower cumulative mortality in WSSV and Vibrio alginolyticus challenges, compared to the singular feeding groups and control. These results in the present study demonstrated that the combined supplementation of inulin (5â¯mg/g) and MOS (5â¯mg/g) remarkably enhanced innate immune response and pathogen resistance of shrimp, and should be considered as a promising immunostimulatory additive for the culture of Pacific white shrimp.
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Authors
Yun Li, Hong Liu, Xilin Dai, Jingjing Li, Fujiang Ding,