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Case reports of melamine-induced pathology in penaeid shrimp fed adulterated feeds

2009; Inter-Research; Volume: 86; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/dao02111

1616-1580

DV Lightner, CR Pantoja, RM Redman, KW Hasson, JP Menon,

Cassava research and cyanide

DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials DAO 86:107-112 (2009) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02111 Case reports of melamine-induced pathology in penaeid shrimp fed adulterated feeds Donald V. Lightner1,*, Carlos R. Pantoja1, Rita M. Redman1, Kenneth W. Hasson2, Jayagopal Pozoth Menon3 1Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA 2Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, 1 Sippel Rd., Drawer 3040, College Station, Texas 77843, USA 3Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (Domestication of Tiger Shrimp Project), Kodiaghat, Burmanala PO, Garacharma via, South Andaman 744105, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India *Email: dvl@u.arizona.edu ABSTRACT: Shrimp (Penaeus monodon and P. vannamei) specimens were submitted to the University of Arizona’s Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory (UAZAPL) and to the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) in 2007 and 2008 from shrimp-rearing facilities in India and Indonesia for histological testing. These were found to present prominent golden to greenish-brown needle- and plate-like birefringent crystals within multifocal hemocytic granulomas in the antennal gland tubules and peritubular hemal sinuses. Their appearance was very similar to melamine-cyanuric acid-induced crystals previously described from cat and dog kidneys with melamine-associated renal failure (MARF). Significant chronic mortalities were reported from the affected P. vannamei farms in Indonesia, but were not observed in the affected P. monodon facility in India. Shrimp feed was suspected as the source of melamine due to the similarity of the shrimp antennal gland lesions to those present in MARF. ‘Normal’ and ‘suspect’ feed samples from the facilities in Indonesia and India were sent to regional laboratories for analysis. Melamine was detected in 2 of 4 feed samples from an affected Indonesian farm. Melamine was not detected in ‘normal’ feed from the Indian facility, but it was found in 2 ‘suspect’ samples (Feeds A and B) at levels of 183.39 and 112.50 ppm, respectively. A bioassay of Feed A with P. vannamei at UAZAPL confirmed that the melamine-contaminated feed induced prominent granulomas in the antennal gland with the characteristic crystals within 10 d of the first feeding, experimentally confirming the direct relationship of melamine-adulterated feed to the unique pathology observed. KEY WORDS: Melamine · Cyanuric acid · Penaeid shrimp · Histology · Penaeus vannamei · Penaeus monodon · Bioassay Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Lightner DV, Pantoja CR, Redman RM, Hasson KW, Menon JP (2009) Case reports of melamine-induced pathology in penaeid shrimp fed adulterated feeds. Dis Aquat Org 86:107-112. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02111Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in DAO Vol. 86, No. 2. Online publication date: September 23, 2009 Print ISSN: 0177-5103; Online ISSN: 1616-1580 Copyright © 2009 Inter-Research.