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    Determination of the Effect of Papaya (Carica Papaya) Leaf Powder as a Low Cost, Immunogenic, Herbal Feed Additive on Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) and Determining the Toxicity of Papaya Leaf Extract on Zebrafish Embryo
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2016) Prameesha, H.A.
    Determination of the effect of papaya (Carica papaya) leaf powder as a low cost, immunogenic, herbal feed additive on Zebrafish and determining the toxicity of papaya leaf extract on Zebrafish embryo Fish diseases including bacterial diseases cause significant loss in aquaculture. Antibiotic treatments are expensive and lead to antimicrobial resistance. Objectives of this study were to identify the potential of a low cost herb which enhances fish immunity using Papaya (Carica papaya) leaf powder as a feed additive on Zebrafish (Danio rerio) infected with bacteria and determined the effect on immunity and to investigate the acute toxicity effect of papaya leaf extract on Zebrafish embryos. Ninety healthy fish were divided into three groups with three replicates exposed to Aeromonas hydrophila in water for a week and continued for a feeding trial. Three groups were fed with commercial (control), antibiotic or papaya leaf incorporated fish feed. Differential white blood cell count was taken to identify the effects on disease response. Antibiotic susceptibility test was performed to identify antibiotic resistance of bacteria and antibacterial activity of aqueous papaya leaf extract. Growth parameters of Zebrafish were calculated. Zebrafish embryos were exposed to 200, 150, 100 and 50 mg mL-1 of aqueous papaya leaf extracts. Distilled water was used as negative control while tetracycline (2 mg mL-1) suspension was used as positive control. Lethality rate was recorded at 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours based on four apical observations. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed Tukey Pairwise comparison test used for data analysis. WBC counts were measured before exposure to bacteria, one week after infectious challenge, and one week after feed trial. Fish exposed to A. hydrophila showed haemorrhages on the base of pectoral fin, fin rot and body discoloration. Elevated lymphocyte count and decreased monocyte and neutrophil counts were observed in all three groups after infection. Onelweek after the feeding trial, lymphocyte count reduced and the neutrophil count was increased in papaya and antibiotic fed fish, while control group lymphocyte count remained high. Accordingly, initial increase of lymphocyte count was observed due to adaptive immune response which was controlled by the medicated papaya and antibiotic feeds later on. Increased neutrophil count in medicated feed indicates the positive immune response against bacteria. The results indicated that papaya leaf incorporated feed increased the immune response of Zebrafish against A. hydrophila. Median lethal concentration (LC50) of papaya leaf extract after 96 hours was around 257 mg mL- I which was higher than the tested concentrations. It was observed an increasing trend of mortality rate along with the concentrations. However, the results confirmed that papaya leaf extract below 100 mg mL-1 has low toxicity effect on Zebrafish embryo compared to the tetracycline suspension.
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    Determination of the Effect of Papaya (Carica papaya) Leaf Powder as a Low Cost, Immunogenic, Herbal Feed Additive on Zebrafish (Danio rerio
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2021) Prameesha, H.A.; De Silva, D.P.N.; Guruge, W.A.H.P.
    Fish diseases including bacterial diseases cause significant loss in aquaculture. Antibiotic treatments are expensive and lead to antimicrobial resistance. The objective of this study was to identify the potential of a low cost herb which enhance fish immunity using Carica papaya leaf powder as a feed additive on zebrafish infected with bacteria and determined the effect on immunity. Ninety healthy fish were divided into three groups with three replicates (30 fish per group) exposed to Aeromonas hydrophila in water for a week followed by feeding trial. Three groups were fed with commercial (control), antibiotic and papaya leaf incorporated fish feed with 2% of body weight per day. Differential white blood cell (WBC) count was taken to identify the effects on disease response. Antibiotic susceptibility test was performed to identify, antibiotic resistance of bacteria and antibacterial activity of aqueous papaya leaf extract. Growth parameters and growth performances of experimental fish were calculated. WBC counts were measured before exposure to bacteria, one week after infectious challenge, one week after feed trial. One way ANOVA followed Tukey Pairwise comparison test used for data analysis. Fish exposed to A. hydrophila showed haemorrhages on the base of pectoral fin, fin rot and body discoloration. As per the results, monocyte count was decreased and lymphocyte count was increased in all three tanks after infection but one week after receiving the antibiotic and papaya feed, lymphocyte counts were decreased significantly compared to the control, while monocyte count and neutrophil counts were increased compared to the control. Accordingly, initial increase of lymphocyte count was observed due to immune response against bacteria as they involved in antigen-antibody reactions. Lowered monocyte count was observed due to recruit them for wound healing. Lowered lymphocyte count was observed due to the reduction of pathogens in response to antibiotic and papaya feed. Neutrophils play a role in phagocytizing bacteria, increased in papaya fed fish indicated a positive immune response. The results indicated that papaya leaf incorporated feed increased the immune response of zebrafish against A. hydrophila, which can be used as a low cost, herbal feed additive in ornamental fish industry. Keywords: Zebrafish; Carica papaya; Aeromonas hydrophila; Immunity; Herbal antibiotic