Feed supplementation with quorum quenching derived from vinasse improved immune responses and disease resistance against Vibrio parahaemolyticus causing AHPND in white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)
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The effects of ethanolic extract of vinasse exhibiting quorum quenching (QQ), defined as yeast-QQ, was tested in vivo in the juvenile white shrimp. Supplementation of this extract at the concentration of 0.1% and 0.2% showed positive effects on the shrimp health. It demonstrated that the yeast-QQ extract at the test concentrations could enhance the shrimp immunity against the infection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus that causes acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) or VpAHPND. The number of total Vibrio in the hepatopancreas of the extract-treated shrimp was significantly lower than that of the control groups (no VpAHPND infection) (P<0.05). In addition, histopathological analysis revealed the recovery of the hepatopancreas disorder affected by VpAHPND infection in the extract-treated groups and the recovery trended to be a dose-dependent manner. Therefore, the yeast-QQ extract provides an alternative bioproduct for the management of shrimp diseases caused by Vibrio spp.
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