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Biosecurity in Water Recirculation Aquaculture Systems
Christopher Good Biosafety and Biocontainment SymposiumBaltimore, Maryland
February 6-9
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Research at ThThe
Freshwater I iInstitute
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At Issue…
Courtesy of the BC Salmon Farmers Association
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Closed Containment Facilities with Water Recirculationwith Water Recirculation
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Freshwater InstituteCommercial Scale Recirc System
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CO2 stripping unit stacked over a
LHO & sump tank
fluidized-sandbiofilter
5.3 m3 dual-drain culture tank
drum
backwash water 60% flow
40% flow
reuse pumps pump sump
filter
frequent dischargef b k h
15% flow
settlingmake-up water
of backwash
supernatant settling unit
p supernatant
system overflow
intermittent (1-2 times/day) discharge of solids from base of cone
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Prevent Pathogen Introduction viaWater
– Use ground water• Avoids obligate• Avoids obligate
pathogens, but presence of oppo t nists m stopportunists must always be assumed
– Capture ground water p gbefore it becomes contaminatedS i h d d– Spring head ponds can harbor fish and attract birds
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Prevent Pathogen Introduction via Water
• Use disinfection for non-pathogen-free waterMicroscreen filtration followed by UV irradiation
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Prevent Pathogen Introduction via Eggs
• Use certified pathogens free eggs when possible gg p– surface disinfect eggs
upon arrival
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Advantages of Closed Containment
With biosecure source waterWith biosecure source water and specific pathogen-free eggs:gg
• No vaccinations required• Reduction or elimination
of antibiotic and chemotherapeutant usage
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Advantages of Closed Containment
Avoids obligate pathogens:• Viruses• Viruses
– IPNV– IHNV– VHSV
• Bacteria– Aeromonas salmonicidaAeromonas salmonicida– Renibacterium salmoninarum
• Parasites– Ichthyophthirius multifiliis– Myxobolus cerebralis
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Advantages of Closed Containment
Opportunistic pathogensstill need to be consideredstill need to be considered
Closed containment allows for excellent control of environmental conditionsto prevent opportunists from gaining “upper hand”
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Flavobacteria complex of fish pathogens
• Long, filamentous Gram –ve rods
• Ubiquitous in the freshwater environmentC di• Cause disease during unfavorable environmentalenvironmental conditions
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Flavobacteria complex of fish pathogens
Flavobacterium psychrophilumFlavobacterium psychrophilumcoldwater disease
Flavobacterium columnarecolumnaris
Flavobacterium branchiophilumbacterial gill disease (BGD)bacterial gill disease (BGD)
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F. psychrophilumColdwater disease
• Outbreaks tend to occur at 4-10ºC• Most severe in 0 5 5 gram fish• Most severe in 0.5-5 gram fish• Lesions often begin at the adipose
fin and progress to the entire p gcaudal peduncle
http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/fhb/leaflets/FHB86.pdf
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F. psychrophilumColdwater disease
• Integument and l t imusculature necrosis
• Virulence factors include adhesinsinclude adhesins, exotoxins, and proteases
• Spinal deformities can occur in survivorsH i t l d ti l• Horizontal and vertical transmission
http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/fhb/leaflets/FHB86.pdf
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F. columnarecolumnaris
• Cloudy, fungus-like patches, often d d l fiaround dorsal fin
• Progress to ulcerative, necrotic lesionslesions
• Lesions sometimes bright yellowwww.umesc.usgs.gov
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F. branchiophilumBacterial Gill Disease
• External infection of the gills – respiratory distress
• Outbreaks in youngerOutbreaks in younger fish can be devastating
• Need to treat early• Need to treat early –Perox-Aid FDA approved for salmonidssalmonids
• Take fish off feed
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F. branchiophilumBacterial Gill Disease
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F. branchiophilumBacterial Gill Disease
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Protozoan Parasites
Ichthyobodo(costia)(costia)
ChilodonellaChilodonella
Epistylis
Trichodina
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Saprolegnia spp.
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Environmental Management: Circular Tanks
• Tank hydraulics can be optimized
• Solids flushing can be very rapid, < 1-3 min– Tanks are self-cleaning
F h f l ll t fl h d primary rotating flow– Fresh fecal pellets are flushed before they breakdown
– Solids are not stored in the
primary rotating flow
secondary radial flowSolids are not stored in the culture tank primary flow
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Environmental Management: Circular Tanks
Outcomes:Outcomes:
Excellentsolids controlsolids control
and uniform water
qualityqualitythroughout tanks
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* Circular Tanks Without Rotation *
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Environmental Management:Optimum Swimming Velocity
• Optimum swimming velocity in circular tanks= (0.5 to 2.0) x (fish body length)/second( ) ( y g )/
• Velocities in a ‘donut-shaped’ region about t k t d dtank center are reduced:– allows fish to select a variety of swimming
speedsp
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Environmental Management:Optimum Swimming Velocity
• Advantages of ideal gswimming speed:– Increased growth rate g
& protein synthesis– Less aggressiongg– Enhanced immune
function– Improved flesh texture
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Environmental Management:Density
Increased density, in general– Reduced feed intake– Reduced FCR– Reduced growthReduced growth– Reduced body and fin condition– Increased risk of clinical disease outbreaks
Inconsistent findings in the scientific literatureFor Atlantic salmon, no consistent density effect up to
d 80 k / 3around 80 kg/m3
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Environmental Management:Density
Fin Erosion• Common welfare index• For rainbow trout, ,
optimum densities lie between 40 - 80 kg/m3g/
• Need further research on this and other welfarethis and other welfare indices for Atlantic salmon
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Environmental Management: Stress Reduction
Types of stressChemical Stress• Chemical– Poor diet, suboptimal water
quality
Stress Response:
Depends on the• Biological
– Pathogens, aggression, crowding
Depends on the magnitude and duration
• Physical– Light, sound, temperature
• Stressors are often
• Husbandry– Handling, transport, treatments
cumulative
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Environmental Management: Stress Reduction
Stress Physiology– Stressful stimuli result in– Stressful stimuli result in
increased circulating cortisol levelsEl t d ti l l d t– Elevated cortisol leads to immunosuppresion:
• Decreased serum bactericidal ti itactivity– Complement, lysozyme
• Impaired phagocytosisD d hit ll t• Decreased white cell count
• Decreased antibody production
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Environmental Management: Stress Reduction
Reduce noise &• Reduce noise & vibration:
Use vibration– Use vibration isolation between• pumps & pipes• pumps & pipes• motors & floor• tank & floor• tank & floor
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Environmental Management: Stress Reduction
• Thoughtful facility design– Keep treatment equipment & culture tanks inKeep treatment equipment & culture tanks in
different rooms– Reduce activity around tanksReduce activity around tanks
Courtesy Jim Michaels
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Water QualityRecirculation Aquaculture
I t t P tImportant Parameters Dissolved Oxygenyg
Dissolved Carbon DioxideA i /Nit it /Nit tAmmonia/Nitrite/Nitrate
Temperaturee pe atu epH
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Dissolved Oxygen
• Maintaining optimal DO critical in intensive recirculation tsystems
• O2 poorly soluble in water• Max. DO rarely exceeds 10-12 mg/L in H2Oy g/ 2• DO consumption rates:
– Approx. 100 mg O2/kg body wgt/hour (resting)– As high as 800 mg O2/kg body wgt/hour (actively swimming)g g 2/ g y g / ( y g)
• 85-100% saturation of O2 required to maintain maximum growth rates in salmonids
• Pure oxygen can be added to system water through low-headPure oxygen can be added to system water through low head oxygenators– Can maintain tank H2O at saturation
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Dissolved CO2
• Salmonids produce 0.96 – 1.10 g CO2 per gram of O2consumed
• Inverse relationship of CO2 with pH• Long-term exposure to elevated CO2
– Decreased hemoglobin oxygen binding capacity (Bohr effect)
• Increased ventilation, elevated blood pressured d h– Reduced growth rate
– Higher FCR– Nephrocalcinosisp
• Also, increased solubility of toxic metals at lower water pH
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Ammonia • Nitrite • Nitrate
NH3 + H+ + OH- ↔ NH4+ + OH-
• Ammonia: end product of protein catabolism– Excreted through gills– Rate of nitrogen excretion increases with feeding
rate– Unionized: NH3 (most toxic)Unionized: NH3 (most toxic)
• Direct effects on central nervous system• Gill damage• Osmoregulatory disruption• Osmoregulatory disruption
– Ionized: NH4
– Balance of unionized vs. ionized: pH dependent
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Ammonia • Nitrite • Nitrate
BIOFILTRATION
Ammonia (NH3) O2 , HCO3-
Nitrite (NO )H+ CO Nitrite (NO2)H , CO2O2 , HCO3
-
Nitrate (NO3)H+ , CO2
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Ammonia • Nitrite • Nitrate
• Nitrite ions taken up through gills, bind to hemoglobin to produce methemoglobinhemoglobin to produce methemoglobin– Reduction of blood oxygen transport capacity– “Brown blood disease”
Nit it t i it i fl d b bi b t t i• Nitrite toxicity influenced by bicarbonate, potassium, sodium, calcium, and most importantly chloride– LC50 nitrite: 0.24–12.20 mg/L depending on chloride 50 g/ p g
concentration– Chloride cells in gills do not distinguish chloride from
nitrite• Recommended limit: <1 mg/L
– <0.1 mg/L in soft water
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Ammonia • Nitrite • Nitrate
• Very low toxicity, and not normally a concern
• Literature: Mortalities occur when levels d 1000 /Lexceed 1000 mg/L
• Causes non-specific osmoregulatory failure• Recent evidence at FWI that near-zero
exchange RAS (with elevated nitrate) are i t d ith t lit d f iti dassociated with mortality, deformities, and
erratic swimming
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Temperature
• Ectothermic animals• Increased T = increased metabolism• Increased T = increased metabolism• Directly effects fish physiological processes:
– Respiration rateRespiration rate– Feed efficiency and assimilation– Growth– Behavior– Reproduction
Different pathogens thrive at different• Different pathogens thrive at different temperatures
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Temperature
• Water temperature manipulation very important during early lifevery important during early life stages of Atlantic salmon:– Egg incubation at >8ºC can induce
skull and vertebral deformities in fryskull and vertebral deformities in fry– Increased rearing temperature
associated with increased vertebral deformities by 60g in sizedeformities by 60g in size
• 12ºC – 2%• 14ºC – 13%• 16ºC – 15%• 18ºC – 22% Baeverfjord et al.
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pH
• 6 5 – 8 5 recommended range• 6.5 – 8.5 recommended range• 4.8 > pH > 9.2 can damage and kill salmonids• pH also has a significant influence on toxicities of p g
e.g. ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and heavy metals• In RAS, biofiltration gradually consumes the pH-
buffering capacity (i e alkalinity) of system waterbuffering capacity (i.e. alkalinity) of system water• Therefore, very important to monitor changes and
add sodium bicarbonate when necessary
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Conclusions
• Closed containment recirculation lt hift bi it f taquaculture shifts biosecurity focus to
optimizing environmental conditions• Further research and system refinements
are needed: role of biofilters; accumulating substances (e.g. metals); the effects of alternative feeds of water quality; etc.
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Acknowledgements
All research was supported by the Agriculture Research Service of the All research was supported by the Agriculture Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 59United States Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 59--19301930--55--510510510.510.
Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations are of the authors and do not Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations are of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the USDAnecessarily reflect the view of the USDAnecessarily reflect the view of the USDA.necessarily reflect the view of the USDA.
All experimental protocols involving live animals were in compliance with All experimental protocols involving live animals were in compliance with Animal Welfare Act (9CFR) and have been approved by the Freshwater Animal Welfare Act (9CFR) and have been approved by the Freshwater ( ) pp y( ) pp yInstitute Animal Care and Use Committee.Institute Animal Care and Use Committee.