Population pharmacokinetic modelling of oxytetracycline in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Effects of route of administration, temperature and ploidy
Alexis Viel , Florine Bachelet , Annaëlle Chailleux , Céline David , Lionel Pineau , Ségolène Calvez , Antoine Rostang
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to perform a pharmacokinetic (PK) study of oxytetracycline (OTC) in rainbow trout using different routes of administration and different doses, and to investigate the influence of the bodyweight, the ploidy status (diploid versus triploid) and the water temperature (10 °C versus 16 °C).
A cross-over design was used with 361 trout (median bodyweight: 389 g), each fish receiving OTC intravenously (8–30 mg/kg) and orally (50–150 mg/kg), by gavage or by spontaneous intake via a coating of OTC on the feed to mimic farming practice. Each fish, for each modality, was sampled 3–4 times over a period of 11 days, to establish its individual PK profile. Coated feed and plasma samples were assayed using a sensitive HPLC-MS/MS method. A population PK modelling approach was used to analyse plasma data and estimate key PK parameters and their variability.
A bi-compartmental PK model best described the plasma data. The absolute oral bioavailability appeared to be very low (around 3 %) and the elimination of OTC was slow and strongly influenced by temperature (elimination half-life approximately 79 h at 16 °C versus 113 h at 10 °C). A comparison of spontaneous intake and gavage showed a significant loss of antibiotic due to leaching (about 30 %). Bodyweight and water temperature were the most influential covariates affecting the PK of OTC compared to the effect of ploidy. Pharmacodynamic (PD) studies with OTC against the major trout pathogens are now required to allow a more robust assessment of the expected efficacy thanks to a PK/PD approach.
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Aquaculture is an international journal for the exploration, improvement and management of all freshwater and marine food resources. It publishes novel and innovative research of world-wide interest on farming of aquatic organisms, which includes finfish, mollusks, crustaceans and aquatic plants for human consumption. Research on ornamentals is not a focus of the Journal. Aquaculture only publishes papers with a clear relevance to improving aquaculture practices or a potential application.