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THE CATFISH INDUSTRY LOSSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR DUE TO BACTERIAL DISEASE IN POOR WATER QUALITY SYSTEMS. WE PROPOSE THAT INFECTION IN FISH IS LINKED TO THE DAMAGE OF BENEFICIAL MICROBIOME IN THE NOSE AND GUT, BY AQUACULTURE WATER WITH HIGH AMOUNTS OF FISH WASTE. THUS, RECOVERING THE MICROBIOME OF MAIN EXTERNAL ORGANS WITH PROBIOTIC TREATMENTS, CAN IMPROVE THE FISH IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND THEREFORE REDUCE SICKNESS.IN THIS PROJECT, WE WILL IDENTIFY CATFISH NOSE AND GUT MICROBIOME THAT ARE TOLERANT TO POOR QUALITY WATERS. THEN, WE WILL DESIGN AND PRODUCE PROBIOTIC TREATMENTS FOR NOSE AND GUT OF FISH AND WILL ASSESS THEIR ABILITY TO PROTECT AGAINST INFECTIONS. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL TARGET FOR PROBIOTIC TREATMENTS THAT PROTECT FROM THE HOLE IN THE HEAD DISEASE IN CATFISH, WITH OUR LONG-TERM GOAL BEING TO DEVELOP FOOD PROBIOTICS THAT CAN PREVENT BACTERIAL ILLNESS IN INTENSIVE CULTURE SYSTEMS.

$274,958FY2021National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

Texas State University, San Marcos TX

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THE CATFISH INDUSTRY LOSSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR DUE TO BACTERIAL DISEASE IN POOR WATER QUALITY SYSTEMS. WE PROPOSE THAT INFECTION IN FISH IS LINKED TO THE DAMAGE OF BENEFICIAL MICROBIOME IN THE NOSE AND GUT, BY AQUACULTURE WATER WITH HIGH AMOUNTS OF FISH WASTE. THUS, RECOVERING THE MICROBIOME OF MAIN EXTERNAL ORGANS WITH PROBIOTIC TREATMENTS, CAN IMPROVE THE FISH IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND THEREFORE REDUCE SICKNESS.IN THIS PROJECT, WE WILL IDENTIFY CATFISH NOSE AND GUT MICROBIOME THAT ARE TOLERANT TO POOR QUALITY WATERS. THEN, WE WILL DESIGN AND PRODUCE PROBIOTIC TREATMENTS FOR NOSE AND GUT OF FISH AND WILL ASSESS THEIR ABILITY TO PROTECT AGAINST INFECTIONS. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL TARGET FOR PROBIOTIC TREATMENTS THAT PROTECT FROM THE HOLE IN THE HEAD DISEASE IN CATFISH, WITH OUR LONG-TERM GOAL BEING TO DEVELOP FOOD PROBIOTICS THAT CAN PREVENT BACTERIAL ILLNESS IN INTENSIVE CULTURE SYSTEMS. · GrantIndex