Volume : III, Issue : II, February - 2014

Enhancement of Immunity and Antigen Clearance in Cyprinus carpio and Labeo rohita

Y. Vasudeva Rao

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Achyranthes aspera L. an Indian medicinal plant (Family: Amaranthaceae), was incorporated in the artificial fish diets. Cyprinus carpio L. (90 ± 17 g) and Labeo rohita S. (200 ± 27 g) were fed with the diets containing Achyranthes aspera and control groups were fed with normal diet without Achyranthes aspera. After 4 weeks of feeding, fishes were intraperitoneally immunized with bovine serum albumin. C. carpio were sampled for serum, 4 times on weekly intervals after immunization; and spleen were sampled from both C. carpio and L. rohita on second week alone. Antibody response specific to BSA was determined by ELISA in C. carpio; antigen clearance was determined by immuno-electron microscopy in spleen of both C. carpio and L rohita. Achyranthes aspera significantly (P<0.05) enhanced the antigen-specific antibody response in C. carpio. Both C. carpio and L. rohita, treated with Achyranthes aspera, efficiently cleared the injected antigen, i.e. BSA.

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Y. Vasudeva Rao Enhancement of Immunity and Antigen Clearance in Cyprinus carpio and Labeo rohita International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.II February 2014

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