Christopher Naas, Alexander Kappe, Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Markus Lichtenecker
{"title":"Application of UV-C irradiation prevented a severe outbreak of proliferative kidney disease in rainbow trout aquaculture.","authors":"Christopher Naas, Alexander Kappe, Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Markus Lichtenecker","doi":"10.3354/dao03744","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is an urgent need to establish protocols on how to protect salmonids in aquaculture from outbreaks of proliferative kidney disease (PKD). For this purpose, systems for a continuous application of peracetic acid (PAA, 0.1 mg l-1) and of ultraviolet C light (UV-C, 323.5-158.6 mW s cm-2) were installed in the inlet of raceway-channels within a sub-unit of a commercial rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss farm. After 127 d of rearing, a fish health examination was conducted. Fish in the control and PAA treatment groups showed signs of PKD. In contrast, fish in the UV-C treatment group showed almost no signs of disease based on clinical examinations and necropsy. This observation indicates that UV-C irradiation could be a promising tool to protect fish from PKD in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":11252,"journal":{"name":"Diseases of aquatic organisms","volume":"155 ","pages":"103-108"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Diseases of aquatic organisms","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03744","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"FISHERIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
There is an urgent need to establish protocols on how to protect salmonids in aquaculture from outbreaks of proliferative kidney disease (PKD). For this purpose, systems for a continuous application of peracetic acid (PAA, 0.1 mg l-1) and of ultraviolet C light (UV-C, 323.5-158.6 mW s cm-2) were installed in the inlet of raceway-channels within a sub-unit of a commercial rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss farm. After 127 d of rearing, a fish health examination was conducted. Fish in the control and PAA treatment groups showed signs of PKD. In contrast, fish in the UV-C treatment group showed almost no signs of disease based on clinical examinations and necropsy. This observation indicates that UV-C irradiation could be a promising tool to protect fish from PKD in the future.
期刊介绍:
DAO publishes Research Articles, Reviews, and Notes, as well as Comments/Reply Comments (for details see DAO 48:161), Theme Sections and Opinion Pieces. For details consult the Guidelines for Authors. Papers may cover all forms of life - animals, plants and microorganisms - in marine, limnetic and brackish habitats. DAO''s scope includes any research focusing on diseases in aquatic organisms, specifically:
-Diseases caused by coexisting organisms, e.g. viruses, bacteria, fungi, protistans, metazoans; characterization of pathogens
-Diseases caused by abiotic factors (critical intensities of environmental properties, including pollution)-
Diseases due to internal circumstances (innate, idiopathic, genetic)-
Diseases due to proliferative disorders (neoplasms)-
Disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention-
Molecular aspects of diseases-
Nutritional disorders-
Stress and physical injuries-
Epidemiology/epizootiology-
Parasitology-
Toxicology-
Diseases of aquatic organisms affecting human health and well-being (with the focus on the aquatic organism)-
Diseases as indicators of humanity''s detrimental impact on nature-
Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics of disease-
Immunology and disease prevention-
Animal welfare-
Zoonosis