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dc.creatorBallester,Eduardo L.C.
dc.creatorMaurente,Leandro P.B.
dc.creatorHeldt,Ademir
dc.creatorDutra,Fabrício M.
dc.date2018-09-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T13:28:25Z
dc.date.available2019-05-03T13:28:25Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2018000400855
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/88481
dc.descriptionABSTRACT Biofloc system is an alternative to conventional aquaculture systems as it minimizes effluents, improves water quality, ensures greater biosafety due to minimal water exchanges and also serves as an additional food source for prawn. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of suppression of vitamin and mineral supplements on diets for Macrobrachium rosenbergii reared in the biofloc system. Four experimental diets were evaluated: complete diet (Diet 1 with vitamin and mineral supplementation); diet without vitamin supplement (Diet 2); diet without mineral supplement (Diet 3) and diet without vitamin and mineral supplement (Diet 4). The experimental design was completely randomized with four replicates per treatment. After 45 days of trial survival rates above 90% and feed conversion rate ~1.83 were observed for all treatments, indicating that the production of M. rosenbergii in the biofloc system does not require the inclusion of vitamin and mineral supplementation in the feed.
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dc.publisherPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
dc.relation10.3856/vol46-issue4-fulltext-25
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceLatin american journal of aquatic research v.46 n.4 2018
dc.subjectprawn farming
dc.subjectbiofloc technology
dc.subjectfood supplementation
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectaquaculture
dc.titleVitamin and mineral supplementation for Macrobrachium rosenbergii in biofloc system


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