Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr fed genetically modified soybeans and maize: Histological, digestive, metabolic, and immunological investigations

Res Vet Sci. 2008 Jun;84(3):395-408. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.06.008.

Abstract

Physiological and health related responses to dietary inclusion of genetically modified (GM) full-fat soybean meal (Roundup Ready; GM-soy) and maize (MON810 Bt-maize; GM-maize), as well as non-parental, untransformed lines (nGM-soy and nGM-maize D2), were evaluated in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr during the first 8 months of feeding. Significant effects of dietary GM presence were only found in intestinal Na+-dependent d-glucose uptake and SGLT1 protein level in the region pyloric caeca in which the highest values were found in the GM-soy, intermediate in the nGM-soy, and lowest in the standard FM fed groups. Data from this study confirm that GM soybeans (RRS) and maize (MON810) at inclusion levels of about 6% appear to be as safe as commercially available nGM soy and maize in diets for Atlantic salmon parr. Results from studies with higher inclusion levels and with non-modified, isogenic or near-isogenic parental lines as control groups are pending.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Feed*
  • Animals
  • Dietary Carbohydrates
  • Dietary Fats
  • Dietary Proteins
  • Digestion / physiology*
  • Food, Genetically Modified*
  • Glycine max* / genetics
  • Immune System / drug effects*
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood
  • Immunoglobulin M / drug effects
  • Salmo salar / growth & development*
  • Salmo salar / immunology
  • Zea mays* / genetics

Substances

  • Dietary Carbohydrates
  • Dietary Fats
  • Dietary Proteins
  • Immunoglobulin M