Attributional life cycle assessment study examines the environmental impact of raw materials, machinery, and unit operations. In the present work, an attributional life cycle assessment (LCA) was employed to assess the environmental and greenhouse gas impacts of a shrimp feed production system. A commercial shrimp feed mill in Tamil Nadu, India, provided inventory data for one-ton shrimp feed (functional unit) for a Cradle-to-Gate evaluation using environmental impact methodologies, specifically Impact 2002+ in SimaPro® (V9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study reports the polyphasic identification, characterization of virulence potential, and antibiotic susceptibility of Aeromonas salmonicida subspecies salmonicida COFCAU_AS, isolated from an aquaculture system in India. The physiological, biochemical, 16s rRNA gene sequencing and PAAS PCR test identified the strain as Aeromonas salmonicida. The MIY PCR tests established the subspecies as 'salmonicida'.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProbiotics Antimicrob Proteins
December 2021
Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins
September 2019
Use of probiotics as the biocontrol agent for disease prevention in aquaculture is gaining importance as an alternative to the indiscriminate use of antibiotics and other chemotherapeutics. In view of this trend, the probiotic properties of a potent antagonistic bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa FARP, was characterized in terms of safety, antagonistic activities, in vitro immunomodulation, and in vivo disease resistance. Immunomodulatory activity was ascertained by measuring the production of intracellular superoxide anion, nitric oxide, total leukocyte peroxidase content, and the leukocyte proliferation in head kidney leukocytes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study investigated the modulation of systemic and mucosal immunity of catla (Catla catla) experimentally challenged with gill monogeneans. Fingerlings of catla (24.2 ± 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of biofloc-based aquaculture system on inorganic nitrogen control, and growth and immunological responses of rohu (Labeo rohita). Fingerlings of rohu were cultured in indoor biofloc tanks in light-limited condition for 16 weeks with daily addition of molasses as carbon source to maintain the C/N ratio at 15. Different water quality parameters were measured at weekly interval.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study evaluated the paraprobiotic effect of heat-inactivated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FPTB16 on immunological response and immune relevant gene expression in catla (Catla catla). Heat inactivation of viable cells of B. amyloliquefaciens was done at 60 °C for 2 h.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffects of dietary administration of Bacillus subtilis FPTB13 and chitin, single or combined, on the systemic immunity, mucosal immunity and resistance of catla (Catla catla) against Edwardsiella tarda infection were investigated. The probiotic attributes of B. subtilis was tested by conducting antagonism study, safety in catla, in vitro immunomodulation and dietary immunomodulation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe effect of immunization on systemic and cutaneous mucosal immune responses of fish and their possible relation with protection has not been fully assessed. In this study, healthy catla (Catla catla) were immunized against Edwardsiella tarda using two antigenic preparations namely, whole cell bacterin (B) and bacterin mixed with Freund's complete adjuvant in a 1:1 (v/v) ratio (B+A) followed by a booster dose after 3 weeks of first injection. Different systemic and cutaneous mucosal immune responses were measured at weekly interval upto 8th week post vaccination (pv).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Labeo rohita, myxozoan infection is very common and here occurrence and distribution of myxozoan gill parasites were studied with an objective to evaluate the relationship between myxozoan infections with different abiotic factors. All ponds were infected with myxozoan infection. Sampling of water and fish was done fortnightly and soil sample on monthly basis for about 6 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffects of dietary administration of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FPTB16 on systemic and mucosal immunity and disease resistance of catla (Catla catla) against Edwardsiella tarda infection were evaluated in the present study. The laboratory maintained B. amyloliquefaciens was used to study antagonistic activity against fish pathogenic bacteria by agar well diffusion assay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFish Shellfish Immunol
July 2013
Immunopathogenesis of Edwardsiella tarda in Catla (Catla catla) was evaluated by in vitro interaction of catla head kidney (HK) phagocytes with the bacterium. Interactions of E. tarda with catla HK phagocytes were studied by light microscopy as well as by phagocytosis, intracellular replication, superoxide anion and nitric oxide production assays.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffects of water-borne iron on Indian major carps spawn were evaluated in the present study. Ferrous sulphate was used to prepare different test iron concentrations. Mrigal had the lowest 96 h LC(50) value of 0.
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February 2012
Three different antigenic preparations from the epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) pathogen Aphanomyces invadans were evaluated as vaccine candidate in catla (Catla catla). Anti-catla enzyme immunoconjugate was prepared after isolating catla immunoglobulin and raising hyperimmune sera against it, in rabbit. Three antigens namely, fungal extract (FE), fungal extract mixed with Freund's incomplete adjuvant (FIA) in a 1:1 (v/v) ratio (FE + A) and extra cellular product (ECP) were prepared and three groups of catla were vaccinated intramuscularly with all these antigens (200 μg/fish).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInclined plate settlers are used in treating wastewater due to their low space requirement and high removal rates. The prediction of sedimentation efficiency of these settlers is essential for their performance evaluation. In the present study, the technique of dimensional analysis was applied to predict the sedimentation efficiency of these inclined plate settlers.
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