Increased parasite resistance of greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili Risso 1810) juveniles fed a cMOS supplemented diet is associated with upregulation of a discrete set of immune genes in mucosal tissues

Publication date: Available online 16 October 2018Source: Fish & Shellfish ImmunologyAuthor(s): Álvaro Fernández-Montero, Silvia Torrecillas, Marisol Izquierdo, María José Caballero, Douglas John Milne, Christopher John Secombes, John Sweetman, Polyana Da Silva, Félix Acosta, Daniel MonteroAbstractThe main objective of this study was to determine the effect of two forms of mannan oligosaccharides (MOS: Bio-Mos® and cMOS: Actigen®, Alltech Inc, USA) and their combination on greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) growth performance and feed efficiency, immune parameters and resistance against ectoparasite (Neobenedenia girellae) infection. Fish were fed for 90 days with 5 g kg−1 MOS, 2 g kg−1 cMOS or a combination of both prebiotics, in a Seriola commercial base diet (Skrett...

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