This investigation studied the innate immune parameters of Macrobrachium malcolmsonii fed diets enriched with 0, 0.01%, 0.1%, or 1.0% Andrographis paniculata extract and infected with Lactococcus garviae. The total hemocyte count did not significantly differ between treatments during the first week but was significantly higher in prawns fed the 0.1% or 1.0% diets during weeks 2 and 4. Phenoloxi...

Highlight Research Cinnamaldehyde for shrimp Dynamics of Vibrio and the correlation with health status Green yellow bacteria in water, intestine, hepatopancreas decrease number green Abstract Disease can cause mortality high economic losses caused by Vibriosis group. One alternative is using cinnamaldehyde which function as an anti-microbial inhibit production toxins released microorganisms. Th...

It is becoming increasingly clear that neurotransmitters impose direct influence on regulation of the immune process. Recently, a simple but sophisticated neuroendocrine-immune (NEI) system was identified in oyster, which modulated neural immune response via a "nervous-hemocyte"-mediated neuroendocrine immunomodulatory axis (NIA)-like pathway. In the present study, the de novo synthesis of neur...

Pacific whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) is a very important commodity, which accounts for almost 70% of the total world production. However, this production still threatened by disease attacks, one caused white spot (WSD). Herbs are widely used as immunostimulants an effort to prevent diseases. Black cumin (Nigella sativa) and stone breaker (Phyllanthus niruri) have long been known excel...

Municipal wastewaters are major sources of pollution for the aquatic biota. The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of some pharmaceutical products and the immunotoxic potential of a municipal wastewater aeration lagoon for the treatment of the domestic wastewaters of a small town with wastewater inputs from a 400-bed hospital complex. Endemic mussels were collected, caged and pla...

Noonin, C. 2013. Melanization and Hemocyte Homeostasis in the Freshwater Crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1086. 48 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-8774-4. Blood cells or hemocytes play important roles in immunity. They are a major source of many immune-related mole...

Drosophila hematopoiesis occurs in a specialized organ called the lymph gland. In this systematic analysis of lymph gland structure and gene expression, we define the developmental steps in the maturation of blood cells (hemocytes) from their precursors. In particular, distinct zones of hemocyte maturation, signaling and proliferation in the lymph gland during hematopoietic progression are desc...