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1 June 2011 Bioencapsulation of Metronidazole in Adult Brine Shrimp (Artemia sp.)
Matthew C. Allender, Mike Kastura, Robert George, Frank Bulman, Jason Yarbrough, Sherry Cox
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Abstract

A description of bioencapsulation of metronidazole in adult brine shrimp (Artemia) for 2.5 g/L, 5 g/L, and 10 g/L treatment baths is presented. Metronidazole was detected in adult brine shrimp tissue after enrichment periods of 15 min, 30 min, 1 hr, 2 hr, 4 hr, 8 hr, 12 hr, and 24 hr. The assays were performed using high performance liquid chromatography. There was a positive relationship in both dose and time. When evaluating percent uptake, all three baths demonstrated a similar pattern. All three bath concentrations had a high initial concentration that fell at 30 min and slowly began to increase through the end of the study. Survival of shrimp was not affected by bath concentration but decreased over time in all treatment baths comparatively. It can be concluded that metronidazole can be successfully bioencapsulated in adult Artemia.

American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
Matthew C. Allender, Mike Kastura, Robert George, Frank Bulman, Jason Yarbrough, and Sherry Cox "Bioencapsulation of Metronidazole in Adult Brine Shrimp (Artemia sp.)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 42(2), 241-246, (1 June 2011). https://doi.org/10.1638/2010-0192.1
Received: 25 January 2011; Published: 1 June 2011
KEYWORDS
Artemia
bioencapsulation
brine shrimp
metronidazole
pharmacology
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