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Dietary soybean protein concentrate-induced intestinal disorder in marine farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar is associated with alterations in gut microbiota

Overview of attention for article published in Veterinary Microbiology, June 2013
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Title
Dietary soybean protein concentrate-induced intestinal disorder in marine farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar is associated with alterations in gut microbiota
Published in
Veterinary Microbiology, June 2013
DOI 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.05.009
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Authors

Timothy J. Green, Richard Smullen, Andrew C. Barnes

Abstract

The aquaculture industry has made substantial progress in reducing the fishmeal content of feeds for carnivorous species, driven by demand for improved sustainability and reduced cost. Soybean protein concentrate (SPC) is an attractive replacement for fishmeal, but intestinal disorders have been reported in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fed these diets at high seawater temperatures, with preliminary evidence suggesting SPC induces these disorders by altering the intestinal microbiota. We compared the intestinal microbiota of marine-farmed S. salar fed experimental diets with varying levels of SPC in mid- and late-summer. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and 16S rRNA clone library analysis revealed the microbiota adherent to the intestinal tract of salmon is complex at the population level, but simple and highly variable at the individual level. Temporal changes were observed with the bacterial diversity increasing in the intestinal tract in late summer. A Verrucomicrobia was the most frequently observed ribotype in early summer, whilst an Aliivibrio was the most frequently observed ribotype in late summer. Feeding SPC to salmon increased the bacterial diversity of the intestinal tract and resulted in the presence of bacteria not normally associated with marine fish (Escherichia and Propionibacterium). These diet-induced changes to the intestinal-microbiome could be ameliorated by inclusion of a prebiotic (mannan-oligosaccharide or MOS) to the diet. None of the experimental diets induced inflammation of the intestine as assessed by histopathology and expression of inflammatory cytokines. Our results support the "dysbiosis" hypothesis that SPC adversely affects the intestinal microbiota of Atlantic salmon.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 2%
Japan 1 <1%
Unknown 194 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 47 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 17%
Student > Master 25 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 6%
Student > Bachelor 9 5%
Other 31 16%
Unknown 41 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 89 45%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 23 12%
Immunology and Microbiology 10 5%
Environmental Science 7 4%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 6 3%
Other 15 8%
Unknown 48 24%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 June 2016.
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#9
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