Effect of cholesterol in artificial diets for Mediterranean prawns
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Abstract
Mediterranean prawn (Penaeus kerathurus Forsskal) postlarvae (2 months old) were fed ad libitum with previously tested artificial diet (41% D.W., mainly of vegetal origin) supplemented with different percentages of cholesterol (0, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0 and 3.0%) and fresh bivalve mussel. Growth and survival rates were determined twice.
Considering supplemented formulas only, data show that: (a) individual weights were higher with 0.1% cholesterol in the diet; (b) survival sharply dropped in the last week of the experiment, in particular with 0.1 and 3.0% cholesterol diets; and (c) with 1.0% cholesterol, mortality and growth counterbalanced giving over-all better results.
No artificial feed can compete with the natural diet, either for survival rate or for individual growth.
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Bianchini, M. L. (1985).Effect of cholesterol in artificial diets for mediterranean prawns (Abstract only). In Taki Y., Primavera J.H. and Llobrera J.A. (Eds.). Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Culture of Penaeid Prawns/Shrimps, 4-7 December 1984, Iloilo City, Philippines (p. 183). Iloilo City, Philippines: Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.