Cultivation of juvenile fat snook (Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860) fed probiotic in laboratory conditions

  • Barbosa M
  • Jatobá A
  • Vieira F
  • et al.
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The objective of this study was to investigate the growth of juvenile fat snook (Centropomus parallelus) in laboratory conditions when fed a diet supplemented with the probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum. Changes in the intestinal flora, haematological parameters and growth performance were assessed using 180 fishes (54.2 +/- 13.4 g each). The fishes were subjected to two treatments divided into six cages: 1) feed supplemented with probiotic, and 2) feed without probiotic (control). The temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity were maintained at 25 +/- 1 degrees C, 4.0 mg.L(-1) and 33 parts per thousand, respectively. After 10 weeks of culture, the fishes fed probiotic had reduced viable culturable heterotrophic bacteria and Vibrio spp. and increased lactic acid bacteria in the intestinal tract, as well as a higher number of thrombocytes, leukocytes and lymphocytes in the blood. No significant difference was observed in the growth, survival or body composition, but the hepatosomatic index was significantly higher in the fishes fed with probiotic and control.

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Barbosa, M. C., Jatobá, A., Vieira, F. do N., Silva, B. C., Mourino, J. L. P., Andreatta, E. R., … Cerqueira, V. R. (2011). Cultivation of juvenile fat snook (Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860) fed probiotic in laboratory conditions. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 54(4), 795–801. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1516-89132011000400020

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