Effect of Sargassum oligocystum Hot-Water Extract on Innate Immune Response and Survival of Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus to Vibrio harveyi Challenge

Date

2016

Contributor

Advisor

Department

Instructor

Depositor

Speaker

Researcher

Consultant

Interviewer

Narrator

Transcriber

Annotator

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Volume

Number/Issue

Starting Page

Ending Page

Alternative Title

Abstract

The present study evaluated the effects of hot-water extract of a brown seaweed Sargassum oligocystum on the non-specific immune response and survival of summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus, to Vibrio harveyi bacterial challenge. Fish were either immersed in 100 or 500 mg/L or injected with 0.1 or 0.5 mg per fish of the hot-water extract. The innate humoral (lysozyme, plasma protein, bactericidal activity), cellular (respiratory burst, hematocrit), and disease resistance to Vibrio harveyi infection were determined. Results showed that all the experimental treatments either by injection or immersion, significantly enhanced respiratory burst activity and hematocrit values of the fish. In the experiment, all the treatments of hot-water extract significantly affected the lysozyme, plasma protein, and bactericidal activity of the experimental fish from days 1 to 5 after delivery. Following the bacterial challenge mortality decreased significantly in all treated groups. In summer flounder, administration of hot-water extract of S. oligocystum either by injection or immersion was found to be an immunoprophylactic for finfish aquaculture. The efficacy of using hot-water extract as a feed supplement or feed additive needs further examination.

Description

Keywords

seaweed hot-water extract, non-specific immune response, Paralichthys dentatus, Sargassum oligocystum, Vibrio harveyi, Fish culture--Israel., Fish culture.

Citation

Extent

12 pages

Format

Geographic Location

Time Period

Related To

The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh

Related To (URI)

Table of Contents

Rights

Rights Holder

Local Contexts

Collections

Email libraryada-l@lists.hawaii.edu if you need this content in ADA-compliant format.