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 - 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 - Shrimp
KW - fructooligosaccharides
KW - growth
KW - immune response
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 -