Phytotherapics in diets for fish: molecular characterization of the microbiota, morphology and study of molecules associated with gut health

• Grant number: 14/14039-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: October 01, 2014
• End date: February 28, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering - Aquaculture
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Fabiana Pilarski
• Grantee: Gustavo Moraes Ramos Valladão
• Host Institution: Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The intestinal health represents great importance to the overall health status of production animals, including fish. The intestinal tract is directly responsible for the assimilation of nutrients, but it is also composed of a complex microbiota, comprising beneficial micro-organisms and pathogens to interact. Negative impacts on gut health ally to the intrinsic problems of the intensive cultivation system may reflect lower productivity and decrease resistance of fish. In this project, we intend to evaluate the beneficial effects of diets with two herbal medicines on intestinal health of fish. Will be examined: morphology of the gut, microbiota and antioxidant molecules associated with intestinal health, and finally the resistant bacteria. (AU)

Scientific publications

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RAMOS VALLADAO, GUSTAVO MORAES; GALLANI, SILVIA UMEDA; KOTZENT, SUZANA; ASSANE, INACIO MATEUS; PILARSKI, FABIANA. Effects of dietary thyme essential oil on hemato-immunological indices, intestinal morphology, and microbiota of Nile tilapia. AQUACULTURE INTERNATIONAL, v. 27, n. 2, p. 399-411, APR 2019. (14/14039-9)

VALLADAO, GUSTAVO M. R.; GALLANI, SILVIA U.; PALA, GABRIELA; JESUS, RAPHAEL B.; KOTZENT, SUZANA; COSTA, JAQUELINE C.; SILVA, THIAGO F. A.; PILARSKI, FABIANA. Practical diets with essential oils of plants activate the complement system and alter the intestinal morphology of Nile tilapia. AQUACULTURE RESEARCH, v. 48, n. 11, p. 5640-5649, NOV 2017. (14/14039-9)

Academic Publications

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

VALLADÃO, Gustavo Moraes Ramos. Essential oils of plants in the diet of Nile tilapia: effects on health, intestinal morphology and microbiota. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal Jaboticabal.