presented by -wahida haque (st105569) aarm, serd 1 effects of medications on the survival of wild...
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Presented by -Wahida Haque (st105569)
AARM, SERD
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EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS ON THE SURVIVAL OF WILD CAUGHT
SNAKEHEAD (Channa striatus) FRY DURING WEANING TO PELLETED FEED
Introduction Important and popular freshwater fish97% world production from Thailand (FAO,1993)
Monoculture depends mainly on wild fry collection Carnivore, feed is either live feed or trash fish in
cultureLive feed is expensive and trash fish cause
biodiversity lossFor culture, acclimation to dry feed is better option
than thoseLow quality trash fish increase disease incidence
(Wee,1982),pelleted feed has ensured quality (Kaewpaitoon, 1992, Aononong,2008,Wee,1982)
But the problem is- low survival of fry during feed transition, usually 7-24%, if stocked immediately in pond after collection from wild then survival is only 13-15% (Boonyarapatlin, 1985)
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Introduction Cannibalism (Qin, 1996) reduce by size grading and satiation
feedingProtein requirement 35-40% (Samantaray et al.,1997) and fed at 5%
of body wt./day for juveniles for optimum growth (Qin, 1996,1997)
Stocking density 75-400/m2 (Wee, 1982, Aonanong, 2008)
Pathogens in snakehead-BacteriaExternal parasites: Protozoa and Fungi, monogeneansInternal parasites: Helminthes- cestodes, nematodes
and Acanthocephalus(Ref: Boonyaratpalin ,1985, Areerat ,1981, Nash ,1988, Chinabut, 1983, Kaewpaitoon,
1992)
Body symptoms indicate intestinal disease and infestations (Chinabut,1990, Areerat,1981,Limsuwan, 1983, Kaewpaitoon, 1992)
Assumption from body symptoms– presence of parasites in wild caught fry cause low survival during weaning period3
Experimental healthy , dead & moribund fishes
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Healthy fish Healthy fish
Swollen belly
Skin lesions
Body emaciation
Belly disruption Deformed body
Introduction Potential pathogen source are trash fish as fishes fed marine
trash fish found to be infected with internal parasites (Chinabut,1990, Limsuwan, 1983, Kaewpaitoon, 1992) and wild source before collection
Effectiveness of the drugs used by some farmers informally to improve survival need to be investigated -formalin for external pathogen, antibiotic for bacteria and rotab for internal parasites
Problem StatementMortality of Snakehead fry during weaning to artificial or
pelleted feed
HypothesisThere is no difference of the survival of Snakehead fry when
treated with drugs during weaning to pelleted feed by using feed combinations
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Introduction Overall objectiveTo develop a suitable weaning method by using
feed combinations along with medication to ensure high survival rate
Specific objectivesTo improve the survival by application of three
medications during weaningTo quantify the effect of medication on survival
rateTo evaluate the effectiveness of three
medications used by some farmers during weaning
To provide some preliminary scientific information about snakehead fry weaning
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Introduction Scopes
Improvement of weaning method and survival rateIdentification and Reduction of the mortality factorsDetermine suitable medication
LimitationsLimited experimental units and supporting literatures Supply of quality and same aged seed, timing and
unavailability of raw materials supply, cost of feed and drug
Water quality, environmental fluctuationMicrobiological infection and identification,
cannibalism ,stress Specific drug for specific pathogenBudget shortage, wastage of time, money and labour,
dependency Language and communication7
Experiment-1Materials and MethodsExperimental fish
Wild caught Snakehead fry about 1-2.5 inch size
Age of about 1 month (Marimuthu, 2007)
Collected from Suphanburi fishers Initial acclimatization for 5 days
Stocking density65 fry/ hapa
Experimental unitsHapa of 1 m2 size, 3 earthen ponds of 200 m2
Water depth about 30-40 cm inside hapaHapa covered with net to avoid predation and
escaping8
Materials and Methods cont’d
Experimental indicatorSurvival rate
Experimental drugs/medicinesFormalin bath- 37%
formaldehyde solution ; dose as 35ppm for 30 min with continuous aeration
Oxytetracycline- 25mg/kg of body weight/day in feed for 10 days
Rotab- 0.1% of Piperazine citrate /kg of feed fed at a rate of 1% of body weight/day, twice in three weeks
Ref: FDA 1992, Boonyaratpalin,1985, Yolande,2005, Noga,20009
Materials and Methods cont’d
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Experimental feedTrash fish and frog feed (40% protein) in
feed combination as 100: 00, 80:20, 60:40, 50:50, 40:60, 20:80 and 00:100
Each feed combination used for 3 daysFeeding protocol
Fed 3 times/day (7 am, 12.00 & 5 pm)until satiation (Wee 1982)
ManagementWeekly water fillingDead fish removalChecking of hapa and covers
Materials and Methods cont’d
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Size GradingBy 0.75 and 1 cm grading net at the beginning
and after10 daysLength and weight
Randomly initial and final length of 20 fry was measured
Water quality measurementTemperature, DO, pH -dailyNH3 and NO2 - weekly
Estimation of survival rateSR%= (No of final harvest x100)/No of initial
stockingData analysis by -Microsoft Excel, SPSS 16.0
One way ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD Post Hoc
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Experimental design-1CRD with 3 replicate of each treatmentDuration 3 weeks
Initial fry stock
Formalin
Antibiotic
Rotab
Formalin + antibiotic
Formalin + Rotab
Rotab + antibiotic
Formalin + antibiotic + Rotab
No drug (control)
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Experimental hapa Setup 1 in three ponds by CRD
FR
RA
FAR
FA
C
A
R
F
FA
FR
C
RA
R
F
FAR
A
A
F
R
FA
RA
C
FR
FAR
Results: Graph showing the survival rate of eight treatments in experiment 1
Survival rate of T1,T2, T3, T4,T5,T6, T7 and (T8) are 43.59±2.35, 61.03±3.88,71.28±6.41, 59.49±3.88,73.84±4.07, 84.62±10.09, 80.00±4.62,42.56±6.41 respectively
The bars with different superscript are significantly different (P<0.05)
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Results: Water Quality parameters in experiment 1
Values with same superscript in a same row are not significantly different (P<0.05)15
Parameters Pond-1 Pond-2 Pond-3Temperature C
28.02 ± 0.64a
27.95 ± 0.63a
27.69 ± 0.81a
DO mg/l 4.65 ± 0.64a
5.51 ± 0.85b
5.57 ± 0.73b
pH 7.76 ± 0.10ab
7.85 ± 0.18a
7.71 ± 0.20b
NH3mg/l 0.04 ± 0.01a
0.12 ± 0.07a
0.06 ± 0.03a
NO2 mg/l 0.02 ± 00ab
0.04 ± 0.01a
0.01 ± 0.00b
Findings of experiment 1Rotab alone is effective, Rotab alone
(71.28 ± 6.41) and a combination of Rotab with Oxytetracycline (84.62 ± 10.09) had relatively higher (P <0.05) survival rate than the control treatment but a high coefficient of variation (9 - 12%) was observed.
Formalin was found non-effective to improve survival rate as formalin treatment had no variation with control indicate no significant presence of external pathogen
The potentiality of endoparasites and bacterial pathogens assumed
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Experiment - 2
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Second experiment was conducted to confirm the previous result whether only Rotab is effective or not
Materials and Methods is same as experiment 1 except-
Stocking density- 58 fry/ hapaExperimental drugs- only Oxytetracycline and
RotabParasites count : Gross examination of the
intestine by wet mount microscopy for the presence of Nematodes, Cestodes and Acanthocephalans (Kabata,1985). Sample size 25 fish/group (randomly selected) assuming parasitic carrier prevalence more than 10% (Kabata, 1985). The parasites were identified as Kabata (1985), Ribelin (1975), Roberts (1978 and 1974).
Experimental design-2CRD with 3 replicate of each treatmentDuration 3 weeks
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Initial fry stock
Antibiotic
Rotab
Rotab + Antibiotic
No drug (control)
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Experimental hapa Setup 2 in three ponds by CRD
RA
C
A
R C
RA
R
A A
R
RA
C
Results: Graph showing the survival rate of four treatments in experiment 2
Survival rate of Rotab (T1), Antibiotic (T2), Rotab+ Antibiotic (T3) and Control -No drug (T4) are 93.11± 2.98,84.48 ±1.73,94.25 ± 2.63 and 72.99 ± 6.06 respectively with stocking density 58 fry/hapa
The bars with different superscript are significantly different (P<0.05)
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Results: Water Quality parameters in experiment 2
No parameter showed significant difference among ponds ; Values with same superscript in a same row are not significantly different (P<0.05)
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Parameters
Pond-1 Pond-2 Pond-3
Temperature C
33.17±1.33a
32.77±1.29a
32.38±1.29a
DO mg/L 5.15±1.60a
5.28±1.34a
4.31±1.53a
pH 7.24±0.47a
7.23±0.35a
7.31±0.26a
NH3mg/L 0.05±0.01a
0.15±0.08a
0.06±0.01a
NO2 mg/L 0.03±0.01a
0.03±0.01a
0.03±0.01a
Parasites found in experimental fishes
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Results: Parasites density in different sample group
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Results
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Nematodes (Camallanus spp. and Spinitectus spp), cestodes (Senga spp) and acanthocephalans (Acanthocephalus spp., Gorgorhynchus spp. and Pallisentis spp.) have been found in our experimental fishes
The average nematode and acanthocephalan number of initial stock (4.52/fish &5.32/fish) didn’t show significant difference with control treatment (4.24/fish and 4.24/fish) but showed significant reduction in Rotab treated (1.84/fish and 2.88/fish) fish sample.
Findings of experiment 2
Higher survival in Rotab + OTC treatment. Rotab alone and OTC+ Rotab combination has significant variation with control
No significant difference (P > 0.05) of survival rate Rotab (93.11 ± 2.98) and combination of Rotab + OTC (94.25 ± 2.63) treatments.
This confirms that Rotab is effective and the use of Rotab as a feed additive is sufficient to maintain relatively high survival during the weaning
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Discussions
In china, OTC used in feed as 50-80 mg/kg body wt./day for 4-6 days as “non-pollution fishery drug” and not different among species (Wang,2004)
OTC depletion occur in fish tissue (Meinertz,2001)
though it may present for 4-6 weeks in tissues after administration (Heijden 1995)
Microbial control has greater influence on the survival and growth of fish larvae during the transitional feeding stage and addition of OTC in feed improves survival (Battaglene, 2006).
OTC in food improved survival during weaning and caused less intesinal disease in striped trumpeter fish (Battaglene, 2006).
OTC is effective and recommended against some major bacterial pathogens of snakehead (FDA,1992, Boonyaratpalin, 1985, Chinabut,1990 etc)26
DiscussionsSome Thai farmers use Rotab (Aonanong, 2008 )
and OTC during weaning to reduce mortality but no scientific literature available
Rotab is Anthelmintic for veterinary and key ingredient is Piperazine which has efficacy to reduce internal helminths and acanthocephalans (Santamarina,1991, Tojo,1998)
Piperazine is effective and recommended against nematodes (Noga,2000, Fairfield,2000,
Youlande,2005) also effective as antiprotozoal in fish (Quintela,2003, Parama,2004), so protozoan also might be treated with Rotab in our study
Non-toxic to aquatic organisms and environment, no potential for bioaccumulation, biomagnification or secondary poisoning (CSTEE, 2004, EU report,2005)27
Discussions
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In general,2nd experiment showed the better survival may be due to better parents and source with better immunity, season
The 1st experiment conducted in cooler months but 2nd experiment in summer. Colder temperatures increase disease susceptibility and reduce growth (Kaewpaitoon,1992, Vivekanandan,1977)
Water quality didn’t show much fluctuation in each experimental period and was within tolerable range (Ng, 1990, Qin, 1997, Courtnenay,2004, Rath,
2000) and it doesn’t cause heavy mortality in snakehead but may affect the growth and production (Wee,1982)
Conclusions Rotab alone or in combination with OTC was found effective
and showed higher survival rateFormalin treatment found ineffective to improve survivalNematode and acanthocephalan density showed reduction
by RotabFishes were infected in wild before collection by the fishersRotab and OTC used as approved dose, no health and
environment riskRotab used by some farmers is effective and the use of
Rotab as a feed additive is sufficient to maintain relatively higher survival during the weaning phase of wild caught snakehead fry to artificial dry feeds.
Finally it can be said that, medications with Rotab and OTC together along with the size grading can improve the survival rate of snakehead fry during weaning to pelleted feed and these drugs, used by some farmers is found to be effective to achieve better survival rate.29
Recommendations
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Genetic study of fryStudy of the source of fryDetermine and Use of pathogen species
specific drugs and dose The quality and shelf life assessment of the
fed trash fishThe microbiological study of the fed trash
fishImpact assessment of the use of these drugs
on other sppEffect of these drugs on the physiology of
the fishes need to be assessed
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