TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) on growth, survival, gut microflora, stress, and immune response in Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, cultured in a recirculating system
AU - Mustafa, Ahmed
AU - Buentello, Alejandro
AU - Gatlin, Delbert
AU - Lightner, Don
AU - Hume, Michael
AU - Lawrence, Addison
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was supported in part by grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Marine Shrimp Farming Program, Texas Agrilife Research Mariculture Laboratory at Port Aransas, Hatch Project, and Texas A & M System. The authors wish to thank GTC Nutrition, Golden, CO, for providing the fructooligosaccharides (FOS) and partial funding for this project.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/1/2
Y1 - 2020/1/2
N2 - The present study investigated the effects of short-chain fructooligosaccharides (FOS) as dietary supplements on stress, immune response, gut microbiota, growth, and survivability of three different treatment groups of Pacific white shrimp, Litopaneous vennamei, cultured in a recirculating system. The experiment was conducted over a 35-day trial period. Shrimps were fed diets, 15 times a day using automated feeder, supplemented with GOS at 0%, 0.15%, and 0.30% by weight. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis revealed that the enteric microbial community of shrimp fed the basal diet differed markedly (<80.0% similarity coefficient) from those fed FOS-supplemented diets. However, shrimp survival, weight gain, and immune responses among the treatment groups were good but not significantly different (P > 0.05), probably due to the limited length of the feeding trial.
AB - The present study investigated the effects of short-chain fructooligosaccharides (FOS) as dietary supplements on stress, immune response, gut microbiota, growth, and survivability of three different treatment groups of Pacific white shrimp, Litopaneous vennamei, cultured in a recirculating system. The experiment was conducted over a 35-day trial period. Shrimps were fed diets, 15 times a day using automated feeder, supplemented with GOS at 0%, 0.15%, and 0.30% by weight. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis revealed that the enteric microbial community of shrimp fed the basal diet differed markedly (<80.0% similarity coefficient) from those fed FOS-supplemented diets. However, shrimp survival, weight gain, and immune responses among the treatment groups were good but not significantly different (P > 0.05), probably due to the limited length of the feeding trial.
KW - fructooligosaccharides
KW - growth
KW - immune response
KW - Shrimp
KW - stress
KW - survival
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U2 - 10.1080/15321819.2019.1680386
DO - 10.1080/15321819.2019.1680386
M3 - Article
C2 - 31630605
AN - SCOPUS:85074434211
SN - 1532-1819
VL - 41
SP - 45
EP - 59
JO - Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry
JF - Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry
IS - 1
ER -