Evaluation of the influence of the environment of the nursery system in innate immunity in shrimp, Litopenus vannamei (Boone, 1931)

• Grant number: 10/04293-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2010
• End date: July 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering - Aquaculture
• Principal Investigator: José Roberto Machado Cunha da Silva
• Grantee: Renata Stecca Iunes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The shrimp is one of the main aquaculture products in Brazil, but there is great concern about what the disposal of the used water can cause to the environment, so since the 90's effort has been made to create systems with fewer or no exchange water, using carbon sources and bioflakes to try to keep the ammonia concentration at acceptable levels.After fertilization the eggs hatch as nauplii, 14h after the spawning. The larval period of the L. vannamei consists of six phases as nauplius, three as protozoea and three as mysis (Kitano, 1986), performing the final metamorphosis to post-larvae with approximately 0.88 to 3.00 mm (Kitano, 1993).Because invertebrates in general do not have an immune system with memory, the innate immune system is essential for the survival of these invertebrates.So this study will examine the effect of the environment ( heterortrofic system) on the nonspecific immune system of shrimp Litopeus vannamei

Scientific publications

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IUNES, RENATA S.; BRANCO, PAOLA C.; PRESSINOTTI, LEANDRO N.; DE CARVALHO, RODRIGO A. P. DE L. F.; DA SILVA, JOSE ROBERTO M. C.. Does the heterotrophic system influence the cellular immune response of Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp? In vitro phagocytosis indices and superoxide anion production comparisons. FISH AND SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY REPORTS, v. 2, p. 6-pg., 2021-12-01. (10/04293-4)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

IUNES, Renata Stecca. Evaluation of the influence of the environment of the nursery system in innate immunity of shrimps, Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931).. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) São Paulo.