Beneficios del uso de aditivos inmunoestimulantes en dietas alimentarias del camarón blanco <i>litopenaeus vannamei</i>

Abstract

The aquaculture activity in our country is mainly based on the cultivation of the Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp, requiring an important point of research for the improvement of the productive parameters, among which the immunological factor of the organism stands out. In relation to the immune system of shrimp, several immune stimulation strategies have been implemented to counteract diseases, such as the use of immunostimulant additives, which play a fundamental role in activating the animal's defense mechanism, improving growth and survival. The objective of this bibliographical analysis is to disseminate information related to the use of immunostimulants applied in food diets and to confirm the results of their application in the improvement of the immune system, survival and development of the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei culture. Immunostimulants as additives in the diet of shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei are of great benefit to obtain a highly active immune system, since they produce an increase in hemocytes and activate the prophenoloxidase mechanism in the organism, generating an antioxidant and immunostimulant effect, which finally increases the response of the immune system against pathogens, improving production performance such as growth and survival rate.