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4.2. Materials <strong>and</strong> Methods<br />

4.2.1. Experimental animals <strong>and</strong> rearing conditions<br />

Chapter 4<br />

Healthy adult P. monodon (45-50 g) were collected from a local shrimp<br />

farm in Vypeen, Kochi. They were transferred to aquarium tanks of 500 l<br />

capacity <strong>and</strong> acclimatized for 2 weeks under laboratory conditions (Fig. 4.2).<br />

Shrimps were fed st<strong>and</strong>ard feed (Higashi, India) twice daily ad libitum.<br />

Constant aeration was provided in all tanks during the experiment <strong>and</strong><br />

bioreactor was set for maintaining water quality. Physico-chemical<br />

parameters such as salinity, pH, alkalinity, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate,<br />

dissolved oxygen <strong>and</strong> temperature were monitored daily following st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

procedures (APHA, 1995) <strong>and</strong> maintained at optimal levels as given in Table<br />

4.1.<br />

Fig. 4.2. Experimental tank<br />

4.2.2. Sampling<br />

Six animals were sampled for the baseline data of AMP gene<br />

expression profile analysis. Thereafter the animals were maintained for a<br />

further period of four weeks (28 days) <strong>and</strong> again the animals were sampled<br />

<strong>Molecular</strong> <strong>Characterization</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Gene</strong> <strong>Expression</strong> <strong>Profiling</strong> of Antimicrobial Peptides in Penaeid Shrimps<br />

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