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Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
10.22092/ijfs.2025.133419
Abstract
β-glucans (BG) are widely used as an immunostimulant in aquatic animals through injection, feed, and immersion. The present study aimed to examine the consequences of dietary administration of yeast β-glucan on the immune response and susceptibility of Macrobrachium rosenbergii to the Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection. Experimental prawns (4.55±0.08 g) were fed a formulated commercial diet supplemented with commercial yeast BG at 0.0% (control), 0.1% (T1), 0.2% (T2), and 0.3% (T3). After the feeding trial of 75 days, a challenge test with V. parahaemolyticus (104 cfu/mL) was performed for seven days. No significant differences (p>0.05) were observed in terms of final weight, specific growth rate, and weight gain, but the prawns fed with 0.1% (T1) BG had the highest survival rates (100%). However, immune parameters, e.g. level of total hemolymph protein, albumin, globulin and hemocyte number, were found to be significantly higher (p<0.05) in prawns fed with 0.2% (T2) BG-supplemented diet. The total hemocyte count and total hemolymph protein, albumin, and globulin were reduced after the V. parahaemolyticus infection. The study's findings suggested that yeast BG can be used at 0.1% to 0.2% to enhance the immune response of juvenile M. rosenbergii and increase their resistance to V. parahemolyticus infection without upsetting the usual growth and survival.
Rishan, S. , Hossen, M. , Kibria, M. , Hossain, M. and Alam, M. (2025). The effects of yeast β-glucan on the immune response and susceptibility of Macrobrachium rosenbergii to Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 24(3), 539-554. doi: 10.22092/ijfs.2025.133419
MLA
Rishan, S. , , Hossen, M. , , Kibria, M. , , Hossain, M. , and Alam, M. . "The effects of yeast β-glucan on the immune response and susceptibility of Macrobrachium rosenbergii to Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection", Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 24, 3, 2025, 539-554. doi: 10.22092/ijfs.2025.133419
HARVARD
Rishan, S., Hossen, M., Kibria, M., Hossain, M., Alam, M. (2025). 'The effects of yeast β-glucan on the immune response and susceptibility of Macrobrachium rosenbergii to Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection', Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 24(3), pp. 539-554. doi: 10.22092/ijfs.2025.133419
CHICAGO
S. Rishan , M. Hossen , M. Kibria , M. Hossain and M. Alam, "The effects of yeast β-glucan on the immune response and susceptibility of Macrobrachium rosenbergii to Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection," Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 24 3 (2025): 539-554, doi: 10.22092/ijfs.2025.133419
VANCOUVER
Rishan, S., Hossen, M., Kibria, M., Hossain, M., Alam, M. The effects of yeast β-glucan on the immune response and susceptibility of Macrobrachium rosenbergii to Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 2025; 24(3): 539-554. doi: 10.22092/ijfs.2025.133419