Nutritional evaluation of Nannochloropsis powder and lipid as alternative to fish oil for kuruma shrimp, Marsupenaeus japonicus

Citation

Oswald ATO, Ishikawa M, Koshio S, Yokoyama S, Moss AS & Serge D (2019) Nutritional evaluation of Nannochloropsis powder and lipid as alternative to fish oil for kuruma shrimp, Marsupenaeus japonicus. Aquaculture, 504, pp. 427-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.02.028

Abstract
A feeding trial was conducted to assess the effects of dietary Nannochloropsis sp. as powder or lipid on survival, growth performance and fatty acids content in Kuruma shrimp juvenile. Seven isonitrogenous, isolipidic and isocaloric diets were formulated to contain in first group graded levels of Nannochloropsis powder: 0% (CON, control diet), 4% (A), 7% (B) and 10% (C) dry matter then in second group algae oil proportionally extracted (AE, BE and CE, respectively). The feeding trial was conducted for 50 days. The results showed that the substitution of fish oil (FO) with algae powder diets A, B and C significantly (P   

Keywords
Dietary algae; Nannochloropsis sp.; Fish oil; Fatty acids; Substitution; Optimum; Kuruma shrimp

Journal
Aquaculture: Volume 504

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Dr Amina Moss

Lecturer in Nutrition, Institute of Aquaculture