Hematologia, perfil bioquímico e hormônios da tireoide em quatro espécies de arraias de água doce do gênero Potamotrygon

Potamotrygonidae is a family of freshwater stingray endemic in South America. We determined the hematological and serum biochemistry parameters of Potamotrygon motoro and Potamotrygon falkneri from Parana Basin and Potamotrygon orbignyi and Potamotrygon scobina from the Amazon Basin. Blood was collected from 55 specimens of Potamotrygon sp., and these parameters were evaluated: red blood cell count, hematocrit percent, hemoglobin concentration, leucocytes count, trombocytes count, total protein concentration, albumin, uric acid, urea, creatinine, triglycerides, cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein HDL, calcium, phosphorus, calcium/phosphorus relationship, creatine kinase CK, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase GGT, Aspartate transaminase AST, alanine transaminase ALT, globulin, albumin/globulin relationship, alkaline phosphatase AP, sodium, chloride, potassium, triiodothyronine T3, and thyroxine T4 hormones. The hematological indices were similar for all species, except for levels of heterophils in P. orbignyi and P. scobina that were higher. Calcium, phosphorus, calcium/phosphorus relationship, sodium, potassium, chloride, AST, ALT, GGT, CK, albumin/globulin relationship, uric acid, creatinine, urea, triglycerides, HDL, T3, T4 levels had no significant difference between the species. These results suggest that there is low influence of habitat and feeding habits. AP, total protein, albumin, globulin, glucose, and total cholesterol had significant differences between the studied species. These results support the theory that stingrays migrated from the Atlantic Ocean, adapting to different conditions over time and placed themselves geographically distant from each other.Potamotrygonidae e um grupo de raias endêmicas da América do Sul distribuídas nas principais bacias hidrográficas brasileiras, mas informações sobre suas variáveis hematológicas e bioquímicas são escassas. Este estudo teve como objetivo determinar estas variáveis em Potamotrygon motoro e P. falkneri na Bacia do Rio Paraná, Estado do Paraná e de P. orbignyi e P. scobina do Rio Piririm, na Bacia Amazônica, Estado do Amapá. Foi capturado um total de 53 espécimes de Potamotrygon spp. para colheita de sangue e avaliações do hemograma e variáveis bioquímicas séricas. Os valores do hemograma foram próximos para as quatro espécies e os resultados com diferenças significativas entre Potamotrygon falkneri, P. motoro, P. orbigni e P. scobina ocorreram quanto ao número de eritrócitos e heterófilos. Apesar da diversidade geográfica os resultados apresentaram pouca interferência dos diferentes habitats nas variáveis avaliadas. Os níveis de proteínas, globulinas, relação albumina:globulina, acido úrico, creatinina, ureia, HDL-C, relação cálcio:fósforo, sódio, cloreto, AST, ALT, creatinoquinase (CK), fosfatase alcalina, hormônios triiodotironina (T3) e tiroxina (T4) não diferiram entre as espécies de Potamotrygon. Porem, os níveis de albumina, glicose, colesterol total, triglicerídeos e gama glutamil transferase (GGT) apresentaram diferenças. Este fato sugere pouca interferência do habitat nas variáveis avaliadas apesar da diversidade geográfica de origem das raias de vida livre

First report of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV) in two native cichlids cultured in Brazil

Peacock bass (syn.: tucunaré, Cichla ocellaris) and the pearl cichlids (syn.: acará, Geophagus brasiliensis) are South American cichlids that are highly valued in both the ornamental and sport fish industries. Since 2017, a number of outbreaks of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV) have been reported on Brazilian food and ornamental fish farms. In this study, we detected ISKNV in farmed peacock bass and pearl cichlid by PCR and sequence analysis of the partial major capsid protein (MCP) gene. Moribund peacock bass (n=10) and pearl cichlids (2) from a farm experiencing elevated mortality among juveniles and adults of these species, were submitted for bacteriological and molecular diagnostics. Spleen, liver, brain, and kidney tissues were cultured on 5% sheep blood agar and cystine heart agar with 1% glucose and bovine haemoglobin. No bacteria were isolated from the 12 fish. Additionally, DNA extracts from the liver and spleen of all animals were tested for ISKNV using two conventional polymerase chain reaction (cPCR) assays and two nested PCR (nPCR) assays. ISKNV DNA was amplified in all 12 fish DNA extracts tested, in two or more of the PCR assays. Selected ISKNV amplicons were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. The nucleotide sequences derived from these animals were identical to ISKNV strains previously detected in food (e.g., tilapia and carp) and ornamental species, including strains previously detected in fish from Brazil. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of ISKNV in these native Brazilian cichlids

Feed with immunostimulant Saccharomyces cerevesiae for fishes of the specie Cyprinus carpio

O aquarismo é uma atividade mundialmente difundida e um segmento extremamente grande da indústria de animais de estimação. O Brasil, em 2007, exportou o valor de US$5.871.576,73 em peixes. Devido à biologia dos peixes, todo seu manejo pode desencadear uma resposta fisiológica de estresse, que, dependendo da duração, tipo e espécie de manejo leva a uma resposta imunossupressora, que pode acarretar doença e morte aguda e consequentemente grande prejuízo à produção desses animais. O uso de imunoestimulantes, como suplementação dietética pode prover defesa inata e resistência a patógenos. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a viabilidade da utilização de mananoligossacarídeo de levedo de cerveja (Saccharomyces cerevesiae), como imunoestimulante adicionado à ração oferecida a peixes da espécie Cyprinus carpio durante 45 dias. Para avaliar a imunidade dos peixes, foram feitas avaliações hematológicas periódicas e, no final do período determinado, os peixes foram desafiados imunologicamente com estresse e infectados com Aeromonas hydrophila. As carpas do grupo controle tiveram uma taxa de crescimento de 0,05 g/dia, conversão alimentar de 14,09 e eficiência protéica de 0,25, enquanto o grupo imunoestimulado obteve a taxa de crescimento de 0,11g/dia, conversão alimentar de 6,15 e eficiência protéica de 0,57. Não houve diferença estatística entre o resultado da hematologia dos animais do grupo controle e do grupo imunoestimulado. Dos animais infectados experimentalmente, 88$ 5.871.576,73 of fishes. Due to the biology of the fishes, all its management can trigger a physiological response leading to stress, that depending on the duration, type and specie, can conclude in immunosuppressive response, leading to disease and acute death, creating a great prejudice. The use of immunostimulants, as dietary supplementation may provide an innate defense against pathogens. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of using mannan oligosaccharide of brewer yeast (Saccharomyces cerevesiae) as immunostimulants added to the feed for koi fishes (Cyprinus carpio) during 45 days. To evaluate the immunity of the fishes, periodic hematologic evaluations were made and at the end of the determined period, the fishes were immunologically challenged with stress and inoculation with Aeromonas hydrophila. The control group had a growth rate of 0,05g/day, feed conversion of 14,09 and protein efficiency ratio of 0,25, while the treatment group had growth rate of 0,11g/day, feed conversion of 6,15 and protein efficiency ratio of 0,57. The hematological results showed no statistical difference between the control group and immunostimulant group according. Analyzing the experimental infected animals, 88% died within 24 hours, due to endotoxic shock, and in the post mortem examination, there were no difference between groups. The koi that received control feed and it was infected had macrocytic normochromic anemia, thrombocytopenia, lymphopenia, monocytosis and increased of special granulocytic cells. The koi that received the MOS feed, was infected with A. hydrophila and survived, had no alteration on haematological parameters. The feed with MOS was zootechnical better than the control feed to carps. Based on the rate of survival and hematology, there are no possibility of answering if supplemented feed with MOS was immunologic better than control feed

Three strategic feeding during hatchering of Nile tilapia: effects on organs integrity, parasitism and performance parameters

Abstract The effect of natural feed, artificial feed, and artificial feed with hormone 17 alpha-methyltestosterone on gill and liver integrity, parasite prevalence and performance parameters during the masculinization phase of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus were evaluated. The experiment consisted of the three feeding strategies in triplicate. Water parameters, histopathological, parasitological and performance analyses were performed on day 7, 14, 28 and 60. Both artificial feeds (with and without hormone) were harmful to the hepatic and branchial integrity. The most significant change in liver was lipid degeneration, while in gills a significantly higher lamellar edema was observed when compared to fish that received the natural feed. Fish fed with the artificial diet (with and without hormone) showed a high prevalence (p < 0.05) of trichodinids and Cryptobia, while fish that received natural feed showed no parasites after 28 days of study. Fries that received diet with hormone experienced damage to their health, which decreased the survival of this group. The anabolic effect of this molecule, however, improved significantly (p < 0.05) their productive performance. Despite the absence of deleterious effects to fish health, the use of natural feed has a high risk of introducing predators. Introduction of odonate larvae drastically affected the survival of this group at the end of the study. All feeding strategies investigated have positive and negative effects that were discussed in the present study

Cardiac abnormalities in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis

ABSTRACT. Soares N.P., Medeiros A.A., Mundim A.V., Magalhães G.M., Souza M.V.C. & Viadanna P.H.O. [Cardiac abnormalities in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis.] Alterações cardíacas em cães com leishmaniose visceral. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 37(4):339-344, 2015. Laboratório de Patologia Animal, Hospital Veterinário, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Av. Ceará, s/n, Bloco 2T, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, MG 38400-902, Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is a chronic disease, endemic and multisystemic, plus a zoonosis. The infected dog may develop various symptoms affecting multiple systems, including the cardiovascular system. For this reason, we used 43 animals positive for leishmaniasis in order to identify the macro and microscopic alterations of the myocardium and relate them to the levels of the enzyme creatine kinase (CK) and Total CK-MB isoenzyme in serum. On macroscopic examination revealed a dilation of the cardiac chambers, thickening of the muscles of the left ventricle with narrowed lumen and thinning of the right ventricular wall with increased chamber. Histologically, the most frequent findings were coagulation necrosis, myofibrillar degeneration and myocarditis. The CK values ranged from 20 to 1236.4 U / L with an average of 263.31 U / L for CK-MB while the average was 937.34 U / L, ranging from 234.94 U / L to 5477, 83U / L, both above the levels established for the canine species. The CK analyzed together with CK-MB isoenzyme are sensitive indicators for muscle injury in humans and domestic animals. Thus, in seropositive dogs, Leishmania causes nonsuppurative linfoplasmocitic myocarditis, myocardial necrosis, accompanied by an increase in the CK and CK-MB

Convolutional Neural Networks in the Inspection of Serrasalmids (Characiformes) Fingerlings

Aquaculture produces more than 122 million tons of fish globally. Among the several economically important species are the Serrasalmidae, which are valued for their nutritional and sensory characteristics. To meet the growing demand, there is a need for automation and accuracy of processes, at a lower cost. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are a viable alternative for automation, reducing human intervention, work time, errors, and production costs. Therefore, the objective of this work is to evaluate the efficacy of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in counting round fish fingerlings (Serrasalmidae) at different densities using 390 color photographs in an illuminated environment. The photographs were submitted to two convolutional neural networks for object detection: one model was adapted from a pre-trained CNN and the other was an online platform based on AutoML. The metrics used for performance evaluation were precision (P), recall (R), accuracy (A), and F1-Score. In conclusion, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are effective tools for detecting and counting fish. The pre-trained CNN demonstrated outstanding performance in identifying fish fingerlings, achieving accuracy, precision, and recall rates of 99% or higher, regardless of fish density. On the other hand, the AutoML exhibited reduced accuracy and recall rates as the number of fish increased