Effect of immunostimulatory feed supplements on the development of acquired immunity in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Publication date: March 2019Source: Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Volume 86Author(s): Simon Menanteau-Ledouble, Frouke van Sorgen, Rui Alexandre Gonçalves, Mansour El-MatbouliAbstractImmunostimulatory feed supplements are an increasingly common feature of aquaculture management and their benefit has been confirmed for a wide area of products. However, these investigations have often focused on the benefit of these supplements on the innate immune system. In the current project, we investigated a mixture of two commercial feed supplements (Biotronic® Top 3 and Levabon® Aquagrow E) with a known protective effect against bacterial infections. The effect of the supplemented diet on antibody titters of Oncorhynchus mykiss vaccinated against Yersinia ruckeri was determined by ELISA. Furthermor...

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