| Grant number: | 11/07360-7 |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| Start date: | August 01, 2011 |
| End date: | October 31, 2014 |
| Field of knowledge: | Agronomical Sciences - Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering - Aquaculture |
| Principal Investigator: | José Eurico Possebon Cyrino |
| Grantee: | José Eurico Possebon Cyrino |
| Host Institution: | Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil |
| City of the host institution: | Piracicaba |
| Associated researchers: | Brunno da Silva Cerozi ; Ligia Uribe Gonçalves ; Ricardo Basso Zanon ; Tarcila Souza de Castro Silva |
Abstract
Stressor agents, as poor water quality and crowding, affect the physiological condition of cultured fish and, consequently, It may negatively affects their immune system resulting in increasing susceptibility to infections and, latter, decreased production. Trying to deal with these problems the prevention of diseases, like using immunomodulators, seems to be more advantageous than using drugs intervention. This project aims to determine the effectiveness of using probiotics and prebiotics (oligosaccharides and Bacillus subtilis, respectively), especially their improve performance and immunostimulation in Piaractus mesopotamicus. Also, other objective is to determine the requirement for vitamin E of Salminus brasiliensis, as well as the immunostimulatory activity of vitamin E and levamisole for this specie. Finally, the project seeks to determine the pharmacokinetic parameters of levamisole in Salminus brasiliensis. (AU)
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