Dietary supplementation of black soldier fly (Hermetica illucens) meal modulates gut microbiota, innate immune response and health status of marron (Cherax cainii, Austin 2002) fed poultry-by-product and fishmeal based diets

The present study aimed to evaluate the dietary supplementary effects of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) (BSF) meal on the bacterial communities in the distal gut, immune response and growth of freshwater crayfish, marron (Cherax cainii) fed poultry-by-product meal (PBM) as an alternative prot...

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Main Authors: Foysal, Md Javed, Fotedar, Ravi, Tay, Chin-Yen, Gupta, Sanjay Kumar
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76035
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author Foysal, Md Javed
Fotedar, Ravi
Tay, Chin-Yen
Gupta, Sanjay Kumar
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Fotedar, Ravi
Tay, Chin-Yen
Gupta, Sanjay Kumar
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description The present study aimed to evaluate the dietary supplementary effects of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) (BSF) meal on the bacterial communities in the distal gut, immune response and growth of freshwater crayfish, marron (Cherax cainii) fed poultry-by-product meal (PBM) as an alternative protein source to fish meal (FM). A total of 64 marron were randomly distributed into 16 different tanks with a density of four marron per tank. After acclimation, a 60-days feeding trial was conducted on marron fed isonitrogenouts and isocalorific diets containing protein source from FM, PBM, and a combination of FM + BSF and PBM + BSF. At the end of the trial, weight gain and growth of marron were found independent of any dietary treatment, however, the two diets supplemented with BSF significantly (P < 0.05) enhanced haemolymph osmolality, lysozyme activity, total haemocyte counts, and protein and energy contents in the tail muscle. In addition, the analysis of microbiota and its predicted metabolic pathways via 16s rRNA revealed a significantly (P < 0.05) higher bacterial activity and gene function correlated to biosynthesis of protein, energy and secondary metabolites in PBM + BSF than other dietary groups. Diets FM + BSF and PBM + BSF were seen to be associated with an up-regulation of cytokine genes in the intestinal tissue of marron. Overall, PBM + BSF diet proved to be a superior diet in terms of improved health status, gut microbiota and up-regulated expression of cytokine genes for marron culture.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-760352019-07-23T02:53:47Z Dietary supplementation of black soldier fly (Hermetica illucens) meal modulates gut microbiota, innate immune response and health status of marron (Cherax cainii, Austin 2002) fed poultry-by-product and fishmeal based diets Foysal, Md Javed Fotedar, Ravi Tay, Chin-Yen Gupta, Sanjay Kumar Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics Aquaculture Marron Protein supplements Health indices Gut microbiota Gene expression profiling Bioinformatics LACTIC-ACID BACTERIA GROWTH-PERFORMANCE DISEASE RESISTANCE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA OREOCHROMIS-NILOTICUS PRACTICAL DIETS RAINBOW-TROUT NILE-TILAPIA WHITE SHRIMP GEN. NOV. The present study aimed to evaluate the dietary supplementary effects of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) (BSF) meal on the bacterial communities in the distal gut, immune response and growth of freshwater crayfish, marron (Cherax cainii) fed poultry-by-product meal (PBM) as an alternative protein source to fish meal (FM). A total of 64 marron were randomly distributed into 16 different tanks with a density of four marron per tank. After acclimation, a 60-days feeding trial was conducted on marron fed isonitrogenouts and isocalorific diets containing protein source from FM, PBM, and a combination of FM + BSF and PBM + BSF. At the end of the trial, weight gain and growth of marron were found independent of any dietary treatment, however, the two diets supplemented with BSF significantly (P < 0.05) enhanced haemolymph osmolality, lysozyme activity, total haemocyte counts, and protein and energy contents in the tail muscle. In addition, the analysis of microbiota and its predicted metabolic pathways via 16s rRNA revealed a significantly (P < 0.05) higher bacterial activity and gene function correlated to biosynthesis of protein, energy and secondary metabolites in PBM + BSF than other dietary groups. Diets FM + BSF and PBM + BSF were seen to be associated with an up-regulation of cytokine genes in the intestinal tissue of marron. Overall, PBM + BSF diet proved to be a superior diet in terms of improved health status, gut microbiota and up-regulated expression of cytokine genes for marron culture. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76035 10.7717/peerj.6891 English http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ PEERJ INC fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Aquaculture
Marron
Protein supplements
Health indices
Gut microbiota
Gene expression profiling
Bioinformatics
LACTIC-ACID BACTERIA
GROWTH-PERFORMANCE
DISEASE RESISTANCE
INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA
OREOCHROMIS-NILOTICUS
PRACTICAL DIETS
RAINBOW-TROUT
NILE-TILAPIA
WHITE SHRIMP
GEN. NOV.
Foysal, Md Javed
Fotedar, Ravi
Tay, Chin-Yen
Gupta, Sanjay Kumar
Dietary supplementation of black soldier fly (Hermetica illucens) meal modulates gut microbiota, innate immune response and health status of marron (Cherax cainii, Austin 2002) fed poultry-by-product and fishmeal based diets
title Dietary supplementation of black soldier fly (Hermetica illucens) meal modulates gut microbiota, innate immune response and health status of marron (Cherax cainii, Austin 2002) fed poultry-by-product and fishmeal based diets
title_full Dietary supplementation of black soldier fly (Hermetica illucens) meal modulates gut microbiota, innate immune response and health status of marron (Cherax cainii, Austin 2002) fed poultry-by-product and fishmeal based diets
title_fullStr Dietary supplementation of black soldier fly (Hermetica illucens) meal modulates gut microbiota, innate immune response and health status of marron (Cherax cainii, Austin 2002) fed poultry-by-product and fishmeal based diets
title_full_unstemmed Dietary supplementation of black soldier fly (Hermetica illucens) meal modulates gut microbiota, innate immune response and health status of marron (Cherax cainii, Austin 2002) fed poultry-by-product and fishmeal based diets
title_short Dietary supplementation of black soldier fly (Hermetica illucens) meal modulates gut microbiota, innate immune response and health status of marron (Cherax cainii, Austin 2002) fed poultry-by-product and fishmeal based diets
title_sort dietary supplementation of black soldier fly (hermetica illucens) meal modulates gut microbiota, innate immune response and health status of marron (cherax cainii, austin 2002) fed poultry-by-product and fishmeal based diets
topic Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Aquaculture
Marron
Protein supplements
Health indices
Gut microbiota
Gene expression profiling
Bioinformatics
LACTIC-ACID BACTERIA
GROWTH-PERFORMANCE
DISEASE RESISTANCE
INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA
OREOCHROMIS-NILOTICUS
PRACTICAL DIETS
RAINBOW-TROUT
NILE-TILAPIA
WHITE SHRIMP
GEN. NOV.
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76035