ROLE OF HUFA ENRICHED ARTEMIA ON MOULTING, MOULTING FREQUENCY AND WEIGHT GAIN PERCENTAGE ON MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII (DE MAN)

P. Ramyalakshmi; J. Stephen Sampath Kumar; M.J. Prince Jeyaseelan

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v43i6.153951

Authors

P. Ramyalakshmi Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Thoothukudi - 628 008.
J. Stephen Sampath Kumar Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Thoothukudi - 628 008.
M.J. Prince Jeyaseelan Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Thoothukudi - 628 008.

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v43i6.153951

Keywords:

Crustacean, prawn, HUFA, Artemia

Abstract

Sub-adult Macrobrachium rosenbergii were reared in plastic tank and fed on Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (HUFA) enriched Artemia, unenriched Artemia and commercial feed in order to investigate the relationship of moulting to growth. Moulting frequency was found to vary according to diet. HUFA enriched artemia fed sub-adults had greater frequency of moulting than other feed.

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