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New perspective to control of tenacibaculosis in sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax L
Author(s) -
Khalil Riad H,
Diab Amany M,
Shakweer Medhat S,
Ghetas Hanan A,
Khallaf Mohammed M,
Omar Amira AED
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/are.13689
Subject(s) - biology , dicentrarchus , sea bass , immunity , lysozyme , microbiology and biotechnology , immune system , veterinary medicine , fishery , biochemistry , immunology , fish <actinopterygii> , medicine
This work was carried out to investigate the effects of injection of Tenacibaculum maritimum formalin‐killed cells ( FKC ), extracellular products ( ECP s) and crude lipopolysaccharide ( LPS ) as well as 1% feed supplements of oil extracts of Echinacea purpurea and Origanum vulgare on sea bass immunity improvement to the favour of T. maritimum experimental infection control after 4 weeks of the experiment. Tenacibaculum maritimum isolated from naturally infected sea bass showed brown to yellowish‐brown lesions (sores) on gills, skin and/or fins and identified by different biochemical methods and polymerase chain reaction technique. Immune parameters namely, total protein, globulin and lysozyme activity, as well as the relative level of protection were improved by T. maritimum ( FKC ), ( LPS ), ( ECP s), O. vulgare and E. purpurea, respectively compared with control. Histopathological examination of T. maritimum naturally infected sea bass indicated many pathological changes in gill, skin and musculatures. Present study could be concluded that application of T. maritimum ( FKC ), ( LPS ), ( ECP s), O. vulgare or E. purpurea improved sea bass immunity to the favour of disease resistance against T. maritimum . Further investigations on the combination between the previous control methods and the vaccine application methods will be needed.