Assessment of clove oil as sedative for Amazon river prawn

• Grant number: 21/05735-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2021
• End date: August 09, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering - Aquaculture
• Principal Investigator: Rodrigo Egydio Barreto
• Grantee: Ana Beatriz Jodar Isaac
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this study, the Amazon River prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum) will be our experimental model, this species is a highly relevant crustacean for Brazilian and world aquaculture, being consumed as food, and utilized in aquariums, experiments, etc. We aimed to assess sedative and calming doses of essential oil of clove plant for this species. As direct effects of clove oil, we will evaluate how these substances affect behavioral indicators of sedation whether there is mortality, and at what rate.(AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MIRANDA, JULIA P. G. A.; ISAAC, ANA BEATRIZ J.; SILVA, REBECA B.; TOLEDO, LEANDRO C. S.; BARCELLOS, LEONARDO J. G.; DELICIO, HELTON CARLOS; BARRETO, RODRIGO EGYDIO. Acute Effects of Fluoxetine on Stress Responses and Feeding Motivation in Nile Tilapia. FISHES, v. 8, n. 7, p. 13-pg., 2023-07-01. (21/05735-5, 21/05772-8, 21/05768-0)