Effects of Diet and Water Source on the Nursery Production of Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

Penaeid shrimp reared in eutrophic pond water grow significantly faster than shrimp in clear well water, and this growth enhancement is especially pronounced in postlarval shrimp. The objective of this study was to determine if the nutritional benefits of pond water could supplement a lower protein feed for postlarval Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei . Sixteen 230-L tanks were stocked with 10-d postlarvae at a density of 350 shrimp/tank. Four treatments (four replicates/treatment) were tested for 6 wk and consisted of: 1) shrimp grown in well water and fed a commercially available 45%-protein feed (W/45); 2) shrimp grown in pond water and fed the same 45%-protein feed (P/45); 3) shrimp grown in well water and fed a commercially available 52%-protein feed (W/ 52); and 4) shrimp grown in pond water and fed the same 52%-protein feed (P/52). At the end of the experiment. mean weight gain (± SE) for shrimp in pond water (1.85 ± 0.03 g) was significantly greater ( P > 0.0001) than shrimp in well water (0.98 ± 0.10 g). Mean weight gain for shrimp fed the 52%-protein feed (1.56 ± 0.13 g) was significantly greater ( P > 0.0001) than shrimp fed the 45%-protein feed (1.26 ± 0.20 g). In addition, there was a significant interaction effect between water source and feed ( P > 0.0001). Mean weight gain for shrimp in the W/52 treatment (1.23 ± 0.04 g) was 68% greater than shrimp in the W/45 treatment (0.73 ± 0.03 g). However, mean weight gain for shrimp in the P/52 treatment (1.90 ± 0.03 g) was only 5% greater than shrimp in the P/45 treatment (1.80 ± 0.04 g). These results suggest that organically rich pond water provides postlarval shrimp with sufficient nutrients to compensate for nutritional deficiencies associated with a lower protein feed.     

密度和饲料种类对凡纳滨对虾Litopenaeus vannamei争胜行为和生长的影响

在水温(23.0±1.0)℃和盐度(26±1.0)‰下,将体长(46.1±3.2)mm的凡纳滨对虾Litopenaeus vannamei饲养在0.54m×0.36m×0.28m的塑料水槽中,密度为40尾/m~2(LLD)、80尾/m~2(MLD)、120尾/m~2(MHD),和160尾/m~2(HHD),投喂人工配合饲料;同时在密度50尾/m2下分别投喂人工配合饲料(ACF)、菲律宾蛤仔肉(RPF)和冰鲜杂鱼(FFF),测定投喂前1h、投喂时、投喂后1h对虾间的争斗数量、争斗时间、争斗发起方、胜利次数等指标,以探讨密度和饲料种类对凡纳滨对虾争胜行为和生长性能的影响。61d的饲养结果表明:凡纳滨对虾个体间的争斗次数和胜利次数随密度的升高而增加;不同密度间平均优势指数差异不显著(P0.05);饱食情况下凡纳滨对虾对三种饲料的选择无倾向性。     

人工基质对凡纳滨对虾免疫和消化相关指标的影响

将体长1cm的凡纳滨对虾饲养于池底铺有黑膜的400m2圆形高位池中,池中沿水流方向与池底垂直悬挂由40目双层筛绢网制成的人工基质(间距约1m),其中基质与池底面积之比约为1∶2,常规饲养,分别于养殖第29、57d和80d测定对虾肝胰腺中总抗氧化能力、溶菌酶、诱导型一氧化氮合酶、淀粉酶和胃蛋白酶活性以及一氧化氮含量的变化,研究人工基质对肝胰腺免疫和消化相关指标的影响。试验结果显示,养殖第29d,基质添加组对虾的免疫酶活性均显著高于对照组(P0.05),消化酶活性变化不显著(P0.05);养殖第57d(台风期间),基质添加组对虾各免疫指标和淀粉酶活性均显著低于对照组(P0.05);养殖第80d(台风过后26d),基质添加组对虾总抗氧化能力、诱导型一氧化氮合酶、淀粉酶和胃蛋白酶活性显著升高(P0.05)。研究表明,人工基质可以显著影响对虾免疫和消化机能,而基质生物膜系统遭台风等强天气干扰破坏后仍具有一定的自我修复能力。     

凡纳滨对虾饲料添加剂的研究进展

凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)俗称南美白对虾,是目前世界养殖产量最高的三大虾种之一,具有对水环境抗逆能力强、营养要求低、生长速度快,虾体含肉量大、肉质鲜美、营养丰富等诸多优点,自1998年来,在广东、广西、海南等省(区)广为     

Effects of Gender and Size on Feed Acquisition in the Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, are sexually dimorphic for growth, where subadult and adult females typically are larger than males of the same age. This character may be attributed to physiological and/or behavioral differences between the sexes. To determine if growth differences are the result of a more aggressive feeding behavior by females, four concurrent feeding trials were conducted to study the effects of gender and size on feed acquisition time. Feeding trials consisted of tanks (three replicate tanks per trial) stocked with (1) all females with small‐ and large‐size groups, (2) all males with small‐ and large‐size groups, (3) a random selection of males and females (resulting in larger females than males), and (4) males and females of equal size. Depending on the trial, tanks were stocked with either an equal number of males and females or small and large shrimp. Shrimp were fed a limited ration of squid, and the total feeding time (TFT) of shrimp between groups within a tank was compared. Results show that both gender and size are important factors in TFT as large shrimp out‐competed small shrimp in both all‐female and all‐male feeding trials. Gender is more important than size as males out‐competed females for feed even when they were smaller than competing females. These results suggest that sexual growth dimorphism is not the result of more aggressive feeding by females. In fact, males have a competitive advantage over females in acquiring feed. These results are counterintuitive because females typically are larger than males. Additional research is needed to investigate the physiological basis for sexual growth dimorphism in this commercially important shrimp.     

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dynamics in the Biofloc Production of the Pacific White Shrimp,Litopenaeus vannamei

A study evaluating nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics was carried out using biofloc technology (BFT) systems employed to raise Litopenaeus vannamei juveniles. The study was carried out for 42 d in three fiberglass tanks with 210 L useful volume with no water exchange. Salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, nutrients, suspended solids, and chlorophyll‐a were monitored every 3 d. At the completion of the experiment, the shrimp had absorbed 39.1 and 35.0% of the total nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs, respectively, while 39.0% of the N and 34.1% of the P remained in the system in dissolved forms. The dominant process of ammonium immobilization in the system was oxidation by nitrifying bacteria. On Day 42, the nitrate concentration represented more than 80% of the total dissolved inorganic nitrogen in all tanks. However, most of the dissolved nitrogen present in the tanks (80%) was organic. Phosphate and organic nitrogen and phosphorus continuously accumulated in the system throughout the experiment. The removal of these nutrients should be the focus of future studies because they may enhance the growth of harmful algae in tanks and in the water bodies that collect the post‐crop wastewater.     

The Influence of Artemia and Algal Supplements during the Nursery Phase of Rearing Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

A 21‐d nursery trial was conducted to evaluate various food supplements on growth and survival of postlarval (PL) Litopenaeus vannamei. Each of four treatments was provided with an equal quantity of a dried commercial feed throughout the study. Three treatments received algae paste (Thalassiosira weissflogii) supplemented every 3 d. These include F, commercial feed plus algae; FAr3, commercial feed plus algae plus Artemia every other day during the first 7 d; and FAr7, commercial feed plus algae plus Artemia every day during the first 7 d. The fourth treatment served as control (FNA); it relied only on the commercial feed plus naturally occurring algae. At the conclusion of the nursery period, there were no significant differences in survival or feed conversion ration for PL nursed in the various treatments. Artemia did have some effect in that PL receiving Artemia supplement for 3 d (FAr3) were significantly larger than those that did not. Algal paste in itself had no significant effect. Overall, results suggest an advantage to supplementing dried feed with Artemia for at least 3 d during the first week of nursery culture but little advantage to the use of a diatom paste as a food supplement.     

拟诺卡氏菌骨架对凡纳滨对虾生长及免疫功能的影响

将研究室分离纯化的卢森坦拟诺卡氏菌扩大培养,发酵液经过超声波破碎、离心、胰蛋白酶酶解、脱脂、冷冻干燥,得到白色细胞壁骨架。在基础饲料中添加0.1%和0.2%的拟诺卡氏菌细胞壁骨架,饲喂凡纳滨对虾幼虾[体质量(4.21±1.28) g],养殖周期为4周,测定各处理组对虾体质量,统计各组存活率,使用南京建成试剂盒测定对虾血淋巴和肝胰腺组织中的一氧化氮合酶、超氧化物歧化酶、酚氧化酶、溶菌酶、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶活性及丙二醛的含量,佛波豆蔻酸乙酯法检测对虾血淋巴中呼吸爆发活性,采用副溶血弧菌对剩余对虾进行攻毒,统计对虾死亡率。试验结果显示,拟诺卡氏菌细胞壁骨架能够明显促进凡纳滨对虾的生长,显著提高对虾血淋巴和肝胰腺中的超氧化物歧化酶、一氧化氮合酶、酚氧化酶、溶菌酶、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶的活性( P <0.05, P <0.01),显著降低丙二醛浓度( P < 0.01 ),显著增强对虾血淋巴的呼吸爆发活性( P <0.05, P <0.01),可提高对虾的免疫保护率,从而提高凡纳滨对虾的存活率。研究结果表明,拟诺卡氏菌细胞壁骨架的适宜添加量为0.1%。     

益生菌对凡纳滨对虾免疫功能及肠道菌群的影响

以类芽孢杆菌和双歧杆菌为益生菌,添加到凡纳滨对虾(平均体质量3.45g)的饲料中,饲养28d(水温25~27℃,盐度25~26,pH 7.8~8.1,溶解氧6mg/L),采用南京建成试剂盒和变性梯度凝胶电泳技术,研究益生菌对凡纳滨对虾免疫功能及肠道菌群的影响。结果表明,益生菌能够显著提高对虾血清过氧化物酶(对照组43.22U/mL,试验组76.33U/mL)、超氧化物歧化酶(对照组60.61U/mL,试验组101.18U/mL)、一氧化氮合酶(对照组7.54U/mL,试验组12.44U/mL)、酸性磷酸酶(对照组0.0446U/mL,试验组0.0574U/mL)和碱性磷酸酶(对照组0.0183U/mL,试验组0.0236U/mL)的活性(P0.01),明显改善对虾肠道的菌群组成,从而提高对虾抵抗疾病的能力。     

凡纳滨对虾感染白斑综合症病毒后的新症状

2007年6-7月,辽宁营口地区凡纳滨对虾养殖场陆续出现死虾现象,通过组织病理观察和PcR检测,确定为白斑综合症.患病初期,对虾并未表现出典型白斑、甲壳易剥离等症状,而在鳃区头胸甲内侧滋生一种囊状胶状物,导致头胸甲内侧肿胀,病理观察发现该滋生物为对虾感染白斑综合症病毒后,皮下组织"胶质化"的结果,同时胃和皮下组织的结缔组织中有大量的典型性病变核;细菌分离结果显示,伴随着弧菌和假单胞菌的混合感染.     

南美白对虾高位池养殖模式最适放养密度的调查

2003年1～6月,对海南琼山、文昌、万宁和三亚地区的51口高位虾池进行了跟踪调查。结果表明:放养密度与养殖周期、产量和饵料系数成正相关,其相关系数分别为:0.897、0.91和0.864。放养密度和饵料系数是影响养殖成本的两个主要因素,其关系可用线性回归方程:S=7.04 0.421X 1.209C来表示。高位池最适放养密度为210～255万尾/hm2。     

Inbreeding Effects on Hatchery and Growout Performance of Pacific White Shrimp, Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei

In animal breeding programs, selection coupled with a narrow genetic base can cause high levels of inbreeding to occur rapidly (in one or two generations). Although the effects of inbreeding have been studied extensively in terrestrial animals and to a lesser extent in aquaculture species, little is known about the effects of inbreeding on penaeid shrimp. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of inbreeding on hatchery and growout performance of the Pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei. The experiment was conducted over 2 yr, and data from two successive generations (G₂ and G₃) of inbred (sibling–sibling mating) and outbred families were analyzed. There were 11 inbred and 12 outbred families in G₂ and 9 inbred and 10 outbred families in G₃. Inbreeding coefficients (F) for outbred and inbred families were 0.00 and 0.25, respectively, for G₂ and 0.00 and 0.375, respectively, for G₃. Growth rates for outbreds and inbreds were similar in both G₂ and G₃. Hatch rate for inbred families was 33.1% lower than for outbred families in G₂ and 47.1% lower in G₃. Inbreeding depression (IBD) (relative change in phenotype per 0.1 increase in F) ± 95% CI for hatch rate was ?12.3 ± 10.1%. Hatchery survival for inbred families was 31.4% lower than for outbred families in G₂ and 38.8% lower in G₃. IBD for hatchery survival was ?11.0 ± 5.7%. Growout survival was 1.9% lower for inbred families than for outbred families in G₂ and 19.6% lower in G₃. IBD for growout survival was ?3.8 ± 2.9%. There was also a significant linear relationship between IBD estimates for survival traits and mean outbred survival. At high outbred survival, IBD was low (e.g., growout survival in G₂), but IBD appeared to become more severe when outbred survival was lower. This suggests that stress (related to environment and/or life stage) may worsen IBD for survival traits. Results also indicate that moderate to high levels of inbreeding (>10%) should be avoided in commercial shrimp hatcheries because the cumulative effect of IBD on hatch rate and hatchery survival will significantly reduce postlarvae production. Thus, IBD can be significant enough to justify the use of inbreeding as a germplasm protection strategy (under certain scenarios) for genetic improvement programs.     

凡纳滨对虾α-淀粉酶基因的SNPs检测

利用PCR产物直接测序法,对凡纳滨对虾SPR和SPF 2个品种共40个样本的α-淀粉酶基因(GenBank序列号:AJ133526)的单核苷酸多态性(SNP)进行了研究。找到9个SNPs,分别为:C127T、A138G、T951C、T1083C、C1457T、A2147C、A2226G、A2297G和T2306C。其中1个SNP是第4外显子中的错义突变,2个SNPs分别是第5和第7外显子中的同义突变,6个SNPs是内含子中的突变。这些结果可为凡纳滨对虾的研究提供遗传学依据。     

不同种群凡纳滨对虾形态性状对体质量的影响

采用单因素方差分析、通径分析和多元回归分析等方法,比较取自美国塞班岛凡纳滨对虾养殖基地V101、OS、G24、NS 4个凡纳滨对虾种群的头胸甲长、第1~6腹节长、尾节长、体长、全长、头胸甲宽、第1~6腹节宽、头胸甲高、第1~6腹节高等24项形态性状和体质量(m)及其所有性状的比例参数,分析各群体形态差异以及主要形态性状对体质量的影响,并建立回归方程。试验结果表明,4个群体大部分形态差异显著(P0.05),V101和G2群体属于瘦长型,OS和NS属于高胖型。相关分析、通径分析、决定程度分析结果表明,V101群体头胸甲长和头胸甲高与体质量正相关,第2腹节高与体质量负相关;OS群体体长、第2腹节长、头胸甲宽与体质量正相关,第6腹节长与体质量负相关;NS群体头胸甲长、第6腹节高与体质量正相关,头胸甲宽与体质量负相关;G2群体头胸甲长、全长与体质量正相关,体长与体质量负相关。4个群体的多元回归方程经方差显著性检验均达到极显著水平(P0.01),且复相关指数均0.85,表明头胸甲部位在凡纳滨对虾良种选育中占重要地位。     

凡纳滨对虾白便综合征的组织病理学观察

本文比较观察了不同规格的健康和患白便综合征凡纳滨对虾Litopenaeus vannamei肝胰腺、中肠、后肠、后盲囊等的组织结构。组织病理显示:白便综合征凡纳滨对虾肠道严重病变,肠腔空,环肌两侧增生大量成纤维细胞,这些增生细胞取代了肠上皮,而不见正常柱状上皮细胞;肝胰腺有不同程度和性质的病变,如腺管萎缩、崩解、坏死等。凡纳滨对虾患白便综合征的组织病变演变过程为:最初肠上皮基膜下出现一圈增生细胞,肠上皮柱状细胞脱离基膜;增生细胞持续增生增多,肠上皮崩解脱落至肠腔,增生细胞完全取代肠上皮;增生细胞不断增生,增生细胞层逐渐变厚,随着时间的推移,增生细胞层近腔端的一圈增生细胞坏死,出现一圈棕黄色物质,最终坏死细胞连同棕黄色物质脱落至肠腔。脱落至肠腔的腺管细胞、上皮细胞、增生细胞排出体外即为肉眼可见的白便。     

Effects of dietary phytase supplementation on growth performance and apparent digestibility coefficients of Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

A growth trial and a digestibility trial were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of phytase supplemented to practical shrimp feeds. The 5 weeks growth trial evaluated the effects of phytase supplementation in replete phosphorus (P) diets on the performances and compositions of juvenile Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. No significant differences were observed in final biomass, final mean weight, weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR), protein retention and survival across all the treatments. Shrimp reared on the P deficient diet had significantly higher P retention and lower whole body P levels as compared to shrimp fed the other diets. Copper content in the whole shrimp body was significantly increased in the treatment supplemented with 1,000 IU kg^?1 feed phytase. The digestibility trial was conducted to study the combined effects of phytase supplementation levels and diet type (plant‐based versus fishmeal‐based) on apparent digestibility coefficients of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. There were no effects of diet type so the data was combined. Phytase incorporation at both 500 and 2,000 IU kg^?1 significantly improved protein digestibility, whereas P digestibility was enhanced when 2,000 IU kg^?1 phytase was supplemented to the diet. Apparent digestibility coefficients of alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, ornithine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tyrosine and valine were significantly increased when fed diets contained 500 and 2,000 IU kg^?1 phytase supplementation. Results of this work demonstrate that under the conditions of the study growth was not enhanced by phytase supplementation in P replete diets. However, nutrient retention for Cu and digestibility of P, protein and a number of amino acids were enhanced.     

Growout of Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, Stocked into Production Ponds at Three Different Ages

This study was designed to determine the production characteristics of the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, stocked into grow‐out ponds at three different sizes and ages. To meet this goal, three groups of postlarvae (PL) were obtained. The first group was placed in a nursery system for 21 d (N21), the second for 14 d (N14), and the third was stocked directly into ponds (DS). Shrimp from each nursery treatment (three tanks per treatment) were pooled and then subdivided for stocking into four replicate 0.1 ha ponds per treatment, another four ponds were stocked directly (DS) with PL₈. All 12 ponds were stocked on the same day at a density of approximately 35 PL/m², and cultured over a 16‐wk period and then drain harvested. After harvest, mean average weights (15.4, 16.9, and 14.9 g), survivals (63, 62, and 64%), FCRs (2.7, 2.5, and 2.7), and average yields (3592, 4005, and 3374 kg/ha) were determined for N21, N14, and DS, respectively. No significant (P > 0.05) differences were observed among treatments. Regardless of nursing time, nursed juveniles did not differ significantly in production characteristics from shrimp stocked directly from the hatchery.