Feasibility Study on the Use of Fly Maggots (Musca domestica) as Carriers to Inhibit Shrimp White Spot Syndrome.

ABSTRACT: The shrimp aquaculture industry has encountered many diseases that have caused significant losses, with the most serious being white spot syndrome (WSS). Until now, no cures, vaccines, or drugs have been found to counteract the WSS virus (WSSV). The purpose of this study was to develop an oral delivery system to transport recombinant proteinaceous antigens into shrimp. To evaluate the feasibility of the oral delivery system, we used white shrimp as the test species and maggots as protein carriers. The results indicated that the target protein was successfully preserved in the maggot, and the protein was detected in the gastrointestinal tract of the shrimp, showing that this oral delivery system could deliver the target protein to the shrimp intestine, where it was absorbed. In addition, th

SUBMITTER: Huang PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8402094 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature