Benefits of using the probiotic Efinol((R))L during transportation of cardinal tetra, Paracheirodon axelrodi (Schultz), in the Amazon

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2009-01-13

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Gomes, Levy Carvalho
Brinn, Richard Philip
Marcon, Jaydione Luiz
Dantas, Lucelle Araujo
Brandao, Franmir Rodrigues
de Abreu, Janessa Sampaio [UNESP]
Mendes Lemos, Paulo Evandro
McComb, Dawn Michelle
Baldisserotto, Bernardo

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Wiley-Blackwell

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The objective of this experiment was to test the probiotic Efinol((R))L during transportation of cardinal tetra, Paracheirodon axelrodi (Schultz). For the transportation, fish were distributed in 18 plastic tanks, of which nine contained the Efinol((R))L (10 mg L-1; probiotic treatment) and the remaining had no probiotic (control treatment). Transport lasted 24 h and three different boxes of each treatment were sampled at 3, 12 and 24 h. Up to the 12-h sampling period, no significant difference in the survival was observed; on the other hand, survival was higher at the end of the transport (24 h) in the probiotic treatment. No significant difference was found in dissolved oxygen and temperature between treatments. Conductivity, pH and alkalinity increased along the transport, but without a difference between treatments. Ammonia increased in all treatments, although it was significantly lower in the probiotic group at 24 h. Cortisol levels were significantly higher in all transported fish when compared with the basal values. At 24 h, cortisol levels in control fish were significantly higher than those in the probiotic treatment. With the observed results, we are able to conclude that the probiotic Efinol((R))L is efficient during cardinal transport, lowering the mortality and helping maintain water quality possibly by lowering metabolic wastes.

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probiotic, survival, Amazon, ornamental fish, ion flux, body cortisol

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Aquaculture Research. Malden: Wiley-blackwell, v. 40, n. 2, p. 157-165, 2009.

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