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PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA
Volume 43, Issue 6, Pages 763-769Publisher
EMPRESA BRASIL PESQ AGROPEC
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2008000600013
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Litopenaeus vannamei; Vibrio harveyi; total haemocyte count; lactic bacteria; phenol oxidase; probiotic
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The objective of this work was to assess the time-related action of probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum in the bacterial microbiota of the digestive tract of Litopenaeus vannamei, and the relation of total haemocyte count and serum phenol oxidase activity of shrimp challenged with Vibrio harveyi. Shrimps were fed with a probiotic-supplemented diet, for eight days, then shifted to a commercial diet. Shrimps fed only with the commercial diet served as control. Evaluations were made on the 8(th) day of experiment and repeated two, four, six and eight days later. Total lactic bacteria in the digestive tract was higher until the 4(th) day of evaluation in the probiotic-supplemented group. Vibrio spp. counts were higher in the control at days zero and two. Until the 4th day of evaluation, the total haemocyte counts in shrimps after challenge with V. harveyi were higher in probiotic-supplemented group than in control group. Significant difference was not observed in phenol oxidase activity. On the 6(th) day after shifting from supplemented to control diet, all parameters were equal in both groups, suggesting that the time-related action of L. plantarum in shrimp is short.
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