Induced aerocystitis and hemato-immunological parameters in Nile tilapia fed supplemented diet with essential oil of Lippia alba

Authors

  • Jorge Pedro Rodrigues-Soares Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Aquicultura, Laboratório de Sanidade de Organismos Aquáticos
  • Gabriel Fernandes Alves Jesus Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Aquicultura, Laboratório de Sanidade de Organismos Aquáticos
  • Eduardo Luiz Tavares Gonçalves Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Aquicultura, Laboratório de Sanidade de Organismos Aquáticos Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Klayton Natan Moraes Instituto Federal Catarinense, Laboratório de Aquicultura
  • Edsandra Campos Chagas EMBRAPA Amazônia Ocidental
  • Francisco Célio Maia Chaves EMBRAPA Amazônia Ocidental
  • Marco Antonio de Andrade Belo Universidade Brasil, Laboratório de Patologia Clínica e Farmacologia
  • Adolfo Jatobá Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina
  • José Luiz Pedreira Mouriño Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Aquicultura, Laboratório de Sanidade de Organismos Aquáticos
  • Maurício Laterça Martins Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Aquicultura, Laboratório de Sanidade de Organismos Aquáticos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2018.136717

Keywords:

Oreochromis niloticus, Stress, Phytotherapics, Hematology, Acute inflammation

Abstract

The present study evaluated the dietary supplementation with essential oil of Lippia alba on the hemato-immunological parameters of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) submitted to acute inflammation induced by carrageenin injection in the swim bladder. For a period of 45 days, 96 fish were divided in four treatments in triplicate, as follows: fish fed supplemented diet with essential oil of L. alba (4 mL kg-1 dry ration) injected with carrageenin; fish fed supplemented diet with cereal alcohol injected with carrageenin; fish fed unsupplemented diet with essential oil injected with carrageenin; fish fed unsupplemented diet and noninjected. Cortisol levels, erythrogram, leukogram and the inflammatory infiltrate were analyzed 6 h after inflammatory stimulus. Carrageenin-injected fish showed acute inflammatory reaction in the swim bladder characterized by higher infiltrate of neutrophils and monocytes. The circulating neutrophils number was significantly higher in fish fed L. alba when compared to other treatments. No difference in cortisol levels was found. For dose, time and administration form tested, supplementation with essential oil of L. alba did not present anti-inflammatory activity. On the other hand, influence of dietary supplementation was observed on the neutrophils number after induced aerocystitis highlighting its immunomodulatory characteristic.

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2018-04-04

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Rodrigues-Soares JP, Jesus GFA, Gonçalves ELT, Moraes KN, Chagas EC, Chaves FCM, et al. Induced aerocystitis and hemato-immunological parameters in Nile tilapia fed supplemented diet with essential oil of Lippia alba. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 2018 Apr. 4 [cited 2024 Oct. 6];55(1):1-12. Available from: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/136717