Short-term baths with essential oils of Lippia sidoides,Ocimum gratissimum and Zingiber officinale influence blood parameters and survival of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) after infection with Aeromonas hydrophila |
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| Authors: | Patrícia Castro Monteiro Maria Inês Braga de Oliveira Franmir Rodrigues Brando Caio Francisco Santana Farias Cludia Majolo Francisco Clio Maia Chaves Humberto Ribeiro Bizzo Fernanda Loureiro de Almeida O&#x;Sullivan Maurício Latera Martins Edsandra Campos Chagas |
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| Institution: | Patrícia Castro Monteiro,Maria Inês Braga de Oliveira,Franmir Rodrigues Brandão,Caio Francisco Santana Farias,Cláudia Majolo,Francisco Célio Maia Chaves,Humberto Ribeiro Bizzo,Fernanda Loureiro de Almeida O’Sullivan,Maurício Laterça Martins,Edsandra Campos Chagas |
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| Abstract: | This study evaluated the effect of short-term baths with the essential oils (EOs) of Lippia sidoides, Ocimum gratissimum and Zingiber officinale on the survival, haematological, biochemical and histopathological parameters of native fish tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), challenged with Aeromonas hydrophila. After challenge, the fish infected with A. hydrophila received therapeutic baths of 60 min, for five consecutive days. Treatments were as follows: challenged and not treated; challenged and treated with 10 mg L?1 of gentamicin; challenged and treated with EO of L. sidoides (2.5 and 5.0 mg L?1); challenged and treated with EO of O. gratissimum (5.0 and 10.0 mg L?1); challenged and treated with Z. officinale EO (5.0 and 10.0 mg L?1). The highest survival rates were 89.5% (fish treated with 5.0 mg L?1 of O. gratissimum EO) and 75.0% (fish treated with 5.0 mg L?1 of L. sidoides EO). Reductions in the haematocrit percentage, haemoglobin and erythrocyte number were observed in fish treated with L. sidoides and Z. officinale EOs compared with control fish. Mild to moderate damage to the liver tissue of fish after challenge and EO treatments were observed. It is suggested that baths containing O. gratissimum and L. sidoides EOs consist in a viable treatment to increase survival rates of C. macropomum infected with A. hydrophila. |
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| Keywords: |
Aeromonas hydrophila
bacterial infection medicinal plants therapeutic bath |
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