Squid Protein Effect on Growth of Four Penaeid Shrimp |
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Authors: | L Elizabeth Cruz-Ricque Jean Guillaume Gérard Cuzon AQUACOP |
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Institution: | Institut François de Recherche pour ?Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Centre de Brest, BP 337, 29273 BREST Cedex, France;IFREMER. Centre Océanologique du Pacifique, BP 7004, TAR VA VAO-TAHITI. French Polynesia |
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Abstract: | The growth response to supplementation of mixed diets with a protein extracted from frozen squid (squid protein fraction: SPF) was tested at levels of 1.5, 3.0, 6.0 and 16.0% in the diet in four species of shrimp: Penaeus stylirostris, P. vannamei, P. monodon and P. indicus. In P. stylirostris and P. vannamei , growth rates were significantly improved by SPF even at the lowest level of supplementation. Improvement was obtained only with 6 and 16 percent in P. monodon , while no significant response was observed in P. indicus. The growth promoting effect of SPF at 16% of the diet could be explained by its nutritional value, particularly by its amino acid content, although all diets were supposed to be well balanced in all known nutrients. However, at lower levels the results obtained seemed to be due to the unknown growth factor (UGF) already mentioned in previous reports. |
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