The effect of packing density and habitat material on survival of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) post-larvae

Abstract. Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) post-larvae were packed in plastic bags at packing densities of 100, 200 and 300 post-larvae/bag and netting material was folded into the bag to study the effect of habitat materials. Packing density of 300/1 showed significantly better survival ( P < 0·05) than 100/1 after a 12-h period. However, after 24h and 36h. packing density of 100/1 was significantly higher ( P < 0·05) than that of 300/1. Use of habitat material had some effects of reducing cannabalism and increasing survival of post-larvae. The water quality parameters—temperature, dissolved oxygen, ammonia-N, dissolved carbon dioxide and pH -were determined at 0h for control bags only and for all bags after 36h after packing.     

罗氏沼虾繁殖习性的研究

本文对罗氏沼虾的繁殖习性进行了较为详细地描述。性成熟的雌虾必须经过生殖蜕皮方可交配、产卵；受精卵粘附于腹肢刚毛上；在水温２４℃左右的条件下，幼体孵出约需２７天；性成熟雌虾能多次产卵。     

Cold tolerance at three salinities in post-larval prawns,Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man)

Post-larval Macrobrachium rosenbergii acclimated to 27, 22, or 16°C and 5, 8, or 14 ‰ were temperature-shocked to 16°C or $\text{13°}\text{16°}\text{C}$ for 1 week. Survival was significantly better in animals acclimated to 22°C or below. Salinity had no significant effect on survival. Growth of post-larvae which had been maintained at 16°C or below for 3 weeks was followed for 1 month at 27°C; it was not significantly different from that of 27°C controls. Slower growth was observed in the 14‰ prawns. These data indicate that post-larvae stocked into cool ponds from warm hatcheries might benefit from pre-acclimation to lower temperatures. Exposure to cold does not adversely affect later growth.     

盐度对罗氏沼虾能量代谢和运动能力的影响

为研究盐度对罗氏沼虾(Macrobrachium rosenbergii)能量代谢和运动能力的影响, 设置了 0 (对照)、4、8 和 12 共 4 个盐度胁迫水平, 研究了罗氏沼虾在胁迫 48 h 后的耗氧率、鳃丝和肌肉能量代谢酶活性及其游泳和弹跳能力。结果显示, 耗氧率在盐度升至 4 时并无显著变化(P＞0.05), 但 8 和 12 盐度组的耗氧率显著高于对照组(P＜0.05)。 鳃丝己糖激酶(HK)、磷酸果糖激酶(PFK)和乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)活性在不同盐度条件下并无显著变化(P＞0.05), 但鳃丝丙酮酸脱氢酶(PDH)和细胞色素 C 氧化酶(COX)活性在盐度为 8 时显著升高(P＜0.05), 并且鳃丝 PDH 和 COX 活性均与耗氧率呈显著线性正相关(P＜0.05)。盐度在 8 时罗氏沼虾的游泳足肌肉和腹部肌肉 HK、PFK 和 LDH 活性并无显著变化(P＞0.05), 但游泳足肌肉和腹部肌肉 PDH 和 COX 活性显著下降(P＜0.05); 盐度升至 12 时游泳足肌肉和腹部肌肉 HK、PFK、LDH、PDH 和 COX 活性均显著下降(P＜0.05)。运动能力结果显示, 盐度升至 8 时游泳能力显著下降(P＜0.05), 盐度升至 12 时弹跳能力显著下降(P＜0.05)。游泳能力与游泳足肌肉 PDH 和 COX 活性呈显著线性正相关(P＜0.05); 弹跳能力与腹部肌肉 HK、PFK 和 LDH 活性呈显著线性正相关(P＜0.05)。研究表明, 罗氏沼虾通过增加氧气摄取用于鳃丝有氧代谢以应对盐度胁迫, 但这些生理调节导致肌肉能量代谢酶活性下降, 造成罗氏沼虾的游泳和弹跳能力减弱。     

Effects of salinity on standard metabolic rate and critical oxygen tension in the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

The extensively farmed giant freshwater shrimp, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, can survive salinities up to 26 g L^?1, but the commercially important grow‐out occurs exclusively in freshwater areas. Recent studies suggest the shrimp equally capable of growing in brackish as fresh water and a better understanding of how this species responds to changing salinity could significantly impact freshwater prawn farming in deltas and coastal areas. Here, the effect of salinity (0 and 15 g L^?1) on standard metabolic rate (SMR) and critical oxygen tension (P_crit) was measured in adult M. rosenbergii using intermittent closed respirometry. SMR was 79.8 ± 3.1 and 72.7 ± 2.9 μmol kg^?1 min^?1 in fresh and brackish water, respectively, with no significant difference between the two salinities (P = 0.122). During hypoxia M. rosenbergii maintained oxygen uptake down to a P_crit of 26.3 ± 1.4 mmHg in fresh and 27.2 ± 2.0 mmHg in brackish water (P = 0.682), showing that salinity had no overall effect on oxygen conductance in the animals. These findings are in agreement with recent growth studies and provide further evidence that grow‐out phase could be accomplished in brackish water areas. Thus, the predicted intrusions of brackish water in tropical deltas as a consequence of future global warming may not impact this important production.     

Feeding and digestion in the caridean shrimp larva of Palaemon elegans Rathke and Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) (Crustacea: Palaemonidae) on live and artificial diets

Larvae of two caridean shrimp species, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) and Palaemon elegans Rathke, were fed live and artificial diets. P. elegans larvae fed exclusively live Artemia salina (15 nauplii mL^?1) developed into first postlarval stage (PL1) within 12 days at a temperature of 25°C and salinity 32.5 g L^?1. Their survival and mean total length at this stage were 88.5% and 6.7 mm respectively. M. rosenbergii larvae fed on 15 Artemia mL^?1 started to metamorphose into PLl within 24 days at 29–30°C and 12 g L^?1. Attempts to completely replace live Artemia for rearing P. elegans during early stages failed, and only a partial replacement was achieved for the larvae of both species. P. elegans larvae survived (49%) solely on a microgranulated diet (Frippak PL diet) from stage zoea (Z) 4–5 to PL1. Similarly, a microencapsulated diet (Frippak CD3) also sustained M. rosenbergii larvae from Z5–6 to PL1 with a 28% survival. Development of the larvae of both species was retarded by 2–3 days and their survivals were lower than those fed on the live diet. The inability of the early larvae of these caridean species to survive on artificial diets is attributed to their undeveloped guts and limited enzymatic capabilities. Trypsin activity in the larvae was determined for all larval stages. It was found that the highest trypsin activity, at stage Z4–5 in P. elegans and at stage Z5–6 in M. rosenbergii, coincides with a rapid increase in the volume of the hepatopancreas and the formation of the filter apparatus. These morphological changes in the gut structure appear to enable the larvae to utilize artificial diets after stage Z5–6. Low larval trypsin activities may be compensated by the easily digestible content of their live prey during early larval stages (Z1–Z4/5) and by longer gastroevacuation time (GET) and almost fully developed guts during later stages.     

Weight and width relationship of freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

It has been shown that there is no significant difference (P < 0·05) in the weight = f (width) and orbit length = f (width) relationships of commercially produced male and female Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Hawaii. A regression equation of the form ? = (A 1 X 7 B) 1 ? has been shown to adequately describe the above relationships. In particularWeight = 0·01278 1 (width) 7 2·5189, R 7 2 = 0·978Orbit length = 0·1828 1 (width) 7 0·77685, R 7 2 = 0.996This relationship allows the development of a simple mechanical prawn size sorter.     

人工诱导罗氏沼虾同步产卵与卵巢组织学研究

运用保幼激素类似物－ＺＲ５１５诱导罗氏沼虾同步产卵进行了生产性规模试验，每性雌虾体钙点滴４０μｌＪＨＡ－ＺＲ５１５，通过体表渗稼促进卵巢成熟和产卵。药物处理后１６－１７天，产卵率为４１．８１％，较常规生产的自然产卵率提高５０．２３％。罗氏沼虾卵巢生物学和组织滂研究表明，性成熟后的任何发育阶段，卵巢中均存在由卵原细胞组成的生发带和卵黄发生卵母细胞。     

Effects of Moina micrura (Kurz) from two different culture sources as a replacement of Artemia spp. in production of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) post-larvae

Abstract. The effects of Artemia spp. and of Moina micrura from two culture sources, poultry manure and Chlorella supplemented with baker's yeast, on production of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) post-larvae (PL) were evaluated. Significantly higher production of 18·13 ± 1·45 PL/I was obtained for the larvae fed with 50:50 mixture of Artemia and Moina cultured on poultry manure compared to that for larvae fed Artemia alone (14·27 ± 1·64PL/I). Regardless of the culture source, the post-larval production was the lowest (9·23 ± 1·22 and 11·26 ± 1·33 PL/I for the larvae fed Moina. The higher dietary value of Moina cultured on poultry manure was related to the high content of n–3 HUFA particularly 20:5n-3 compared to Artemia and Moina cultured on Chlorella and yeast.     

Live transportation of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) in chilled sawdust

Three cooling rates of 1.26±0.09°C h^?1 within 8 h (slow, T₁), 2.52±0.18°C h^?1 within 4 h (moderate, T₂) and 5.04±0.36°C h^?1 within 2 h (fast, T₃) were tested to cold‐anaesthetize farm raised Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) (45–52 g) in each case from 25°C down to 15±1°C in a refrigerated chilling tank, provided with aeration. The cold‐anaesthetized prawns subjected to each chilling rate were packed in an insulated cardboard box (triplicate) between two layers of moist and chilled (2–3°C) sawdust, and kept inside a chilled storage cabinet at 15±1°C, for set durations of 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 h. Survival was determined by revitalizing the prawns in aerated water with an initial temperature of 20°C, which was raised to 29±1°C within 3 h. The experiment was repeated using berried females acclimated to brackishwater of 12 g L^?1 salinity and the percentage survival recorded after live storage for durations ranging from 6 to 24 h at intervals of 3 h. Statistically valid safe durations for obtaining 100% survival of the cold anaesthetized and live stored prawns were determined using probit analysis at the three chilling rates tested, and were found to be 7.39, 6.98 and 4.54 h in the case of adult prawns, and 7.87, 8.17 and 6.43 h for berried females for T₁, T₂ and T₃ respectively. For practical purposes, the durations that yielded 95% survival rates were computed to be 16.47, 12.14 and 8.35 h in the case of adult prawns and 18.49, 19.02 and 11.11 h for berried females for T₁, T₂, and T₃ respectively. The berried prawns revitalized after live storage were incubated in tanks and the zoea larvae reared up to postlarvae (PL‐5), and compared against a control. No significant difference was found in larval hatch fecundity, survival rate and the production of PL L^?1 between the treatment and control, indicating that the method of cold anaesthetization and live storage of berried prawns could be used for successful transportation of broodstock.     

Fecundity changes in Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) during egg incubation

Abstract. For a study of the fecundity of Macrobrachium rosenbergii , a total of 117 berried females were sampled from ponds. Fecundity was found to vary from 1216 to 89747 eggs for prawns measuring 9.0cm to 15.8cm total length and weighing 6.22 to 45.80g. The relationship between fecundity (EN) and total length (TL) was found to be EN = 0.001876 TL^6.3617.
The average egg number/g total body weight for prawns having orange, yellow and grey eggs was 1132.7 ± 484.1,766.4 ± 524.3 and 745.5 ± 487.2, respectively, a decrease of 32.3% when orange eggs became yellow and 34.3% when they turned grey. This decrease was probably due to unfertilized eggs dropping off and some eggs being eaten by the brooders during the incubation period.
Egg numbers/g egg weight were found to be 11360.1 ± 1642.1,10715.7 ± 2725.3 and 8634.0 ± 1892.3 for orange, yellow and grey eggs, respectively. When compared to orange eggs, yellow eggs were slightly heavier (6%), but grey eggs were significantly heavier by 31.6%. The increase in the weight of the grey eggs can be explained by the elongation of fully formed organs and appendages by about 17 days post fertilization.     

Chemical and Thermal Properties of Freshwater Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) Meat

Chemical compositions and thermal properties of cultured freshwater prawn meat (FPM) were studied. FPM contained 83.2% protein (dry basis), 62.7% of which was myofibrillar protein. Pepsin-soluble collagen (PSC) and insoluble collagen (ISC) contents were 0.63 and 0.32%, respectively. Both collagens were similar to type V collagen from porcine placenta. Glutamic acid/glutamine, arginine, aspartic acid/?asparagine, and lysine were abundant amino acids in FPM. Glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and aspartic acid/?asparagine were predominant in both collagens. FPM exhibited thermal transition temperatures (T_max) of 48.3 and 64.7°C, whereas T_max of PSC and ISC were 43.0 and 46.0°C, respectively. Textural changes in FPM during post-mortem storage on ice are plausibly dependent upon its compositional and thermal properties.     

罗氏沼虾越冬新技术

罗氏沼虾为热带淡水虾,抗寒能力差。１７—１８℃活动减弱,摄食减少,１４℃以下持续几天就会冻死。罗氏沼虾收获季节成虾大量上市,易造成货多价跌,而干塘捕虾售完后易造成货缺价扬现象。因此,罗氏沼虾的越冬对丰富水产品市场,提高渔业经济效益具有十分重要的意义。...     

Effect of ammonia-N on growth and feeding of juvenile Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De-Man)

Survival rate, growth and feed intake were determined for late juveniles (4.31 ± 0.18 g) of river prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii in freshwater with total ammonia‐N (NH₃‐N+NH₄‐N) concentrations of 0.015 (control), 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 mg L⁻¹ for 60 days at pH 7.53 ± 0.04 and temperature 24.0 ± 2.5°C. Survival rate was significantly (P<0.05) lower (54 ± 4.2–70 ± 5.4%) for total ammonia concentrations from 0.5 to 1.5 mg L⁻¹ [0.0139–0.0419 mg L⁻¹ of unionized ammonia (NH₃)]. Growth (0.026–0.030 g day⁻¹ range) of the prawns did not differ for the different NH₃ levels but were significantly (P<0.05) lower compared with control (0.056 g day⁻¹). Feed intake rates also diminished significantly (P<0.05) from 77.60 ± 2.45% at control (0.015 mg L⁻¹ NH₃‐N) to 48.69 ± 2.13% at 1.5 mg L⁻¹ NH₃‐N (0.0419 mg L⁻¹ of unionized NH₃).     

Effect of nucleotide on growth, immune responses and resistance of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) to Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus (MrNV) and extra small virus (XSV) and Aeromonas hydrophila infection

A 60-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary nucleotide on growth, survival, immunity and resistance to white muscle disease and Aeromonas hydrophila infection in freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii). The nucleotide was supplemented at 0, 1.5, 2.25 and 3.0 g/kg diet. The test diets were fed for 60 days in triplicate groups of prawns, which had initial weight of 0.27 g. At the end of the feeding trial, growth was recorded and non-specific immune parameters, such as, prophenol oxidase activity, superoxide anion production, total haemocyte count and total serum protein, were studied in haemolymph samples. Phenol oxidase activity and superoxide anion production were significantly (P < 0.05) higher in prawns fed nucleotide-based diets. Total haemocyte count and haemolymph were higher (P < 0.05) in prawns fed nucleotide-based diets. The relative per cent survival of prawn after the challenge test against white muscle disease was significantly (P < 0.05) higher in prawn fed nucleotide-incorporated diets. However, there was no effect of nucleotide supplementation on growth and survival of prawn.     

Osmolality and ion balance in giant river prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii subjected to changes in salinity: role of sex

Haemolymph osmolality, chloride and sodium concentrations of giant river prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii adults were determined 15 days after they were transferred from freshwater to 0 (control), 7, 14 and 21‰ salinity. Haemolymph osmolality, chloride and sodium concentrations of prawns transferred to 7, 14 and 21‰ reached a constant level within 0.5, 2 and 3 days respectively. Both male and female adults exhibited strongly hyper‐osmotic and hyper‐ionic over the range of 0–14‰. The isosmotic point was 14.5 and 15.6‰, the iso‐ionic point of chloride was 14.5 and 14.7‰, and the iso‐ionic point of sodium was 16.5 and 15.7‰ for males and females respectively. The adults lost their hyper‐regulatory ability and became osmo‐conformic over the media of 14.5–21‰ and 15.6–21‰ and ion‐conformic with respect to sodium over the media of 16.5–21‰ and 15.7–21‰ for males and females respectively. The adults displayed hypo‐ionic to the media at 21‰ with respect to chloride.