INVESTIGADORES
SIMONCINI Melina Soledad
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
EVALUATION OF NATURAL ANTIBODIES IN Caiman latirostris, FED DIETS ENRICHED WITH FATTY ACIDS OF THE OMEGA-3 FAMILY
Autor/es:
LATORRE, A.; MESTRE, A.; MOLEÓN, S.; SIROSKI, P.; PIÑA, C. I.; SIMONCINI, M.
Lugar:
Skukuza
Reunión:
Congreso; 24th Working meeting Crocodile Specialist Group/UICN; 2016
Institución organizadora:
Internationa Union Conservation of Nature/Crocodile Specialist Group
Resumen:
Previous studies evaluated how the addition of fatty acids (omega-3 family) to the diet contributes to health improvements of not only humans but of farmed animals.  Enrichment the diet of captive caimans with flaxseeds could enhance the essential fatty acid content ofits meat, thus increasing meat value, promoting growth, and imrpoving thier overall helath status. In the present study, we fed caimans with  five diets: 1. Diet control (crushed chicken heads and dry ration, 70/30%), 2. Chía diet1 (control diet+10% crushed chía seeds offered once a week), 3. Chía diet3 (control diet+10% crushed chía seeds offered three times a week), 4.Flax diet1 (control diet+10% crushed flax seeds offered once a week), and 5. Flax diet3 (control diet+10% crushed flax seeds offered  three times a week) during 30, 60 and 90 days treatments. During the study all caimans grew, but we did not find significant differences in weight or length among diet treatments or treatment period. Futher, we found not significant differences in the inmune system (antibodies) of these caimans, but we observed great variability in the inmunological status of individuals. To obtain more definitive results, in future studies, we plan to evaluate tha active response of the caiman inmune system faced with pathogens under different diet treatments.