The application of effective probiotics in shrimp aquaculture is an excellent alternative for chemicals and antibiotics to prevent disease control. This study was carried out to evaluate the probiotic potential of Lactobacillus acidophilus 04 (home made curd isolate) on pathogenic Vibrio in shrimp Penaeus monodon juveniles. L. acidophilus showed antibacterial activity against Vibrio parahaemoly...

The price of aqua feed containing Dunaliella salina meal was calculated. Also, the formulated feed’s protein, lipid, and total carotenoid content were examined. shrimp D. higher than commercial with better protein in feed. This indicated that inclusion microalgae may increase coloration growth shrimp. We recommend using these fish aquaculture necessary investment production.
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Prior research demonstrated that shrimp production was similar at protein levels ranging from 20 to 40%, when shrimp were stocked at densities ranging from 5 to 11/m2 (TeichertCoddington and Rodriguez, 1995). Many producers feed diets containing protein levels of 27% and higher during at least a part of the growing season. It appears that economic efficiency of production could be improved by r...

Aflatoxins (AFs) are one of the most important mycotoxins due to their common occurrence in feedstuffs and feeds that pose a serious threat to humans and animals. Although many outbreaks of acute and chronic diseases have been attributed to consumption of aflatoxin-contaminated foods, the most significant effect of aflatoxin is hepatotoxicity in farm animals, especially aflatoxicosis in shrimps...

The dietary crude protein requirement of penaeid shrimp is an important nutritional consideration because protein is often the major limiting nutrient for growth. In most cases, research has focused on total dietary protein levels rather than a daily requirement for protein. This research utilized three practical diets containing 16%, 32%, and 48% protein and various daily rations to estimate d...

Shrimp farming in Iran is one of the fast growing segments of the economy. In 1994, around 1% of Iranian shrimp production was farmed and by 2004 the share of shrimp farming increased to 60%. In spite of the fact that shrimp culture had relatively rapid growth in last decade, due to increase in production cost and decrease in international price, the profit of shrimp production has decreased in...

The co-culture of juvenile sea cucumber Holothuria scabra (Jaeger), or 'sandfish', with juvenile blue shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson) was tested by growing groups in co-culture and monoculture for 3 weeks in tanks with enriched sand substratum. Feed was supplied on trays, accessible only to shrimp. Survival of shrimp and sandfish was high in all treatments (73–100%). Growth of shrimp...

BACKGROUND Astaxanthin is a xanthophyll carotenoid, which exhibits many important biological activities including a high degree of antioxidant capacity (AOC) and antibacterial activity, hence has a significant applicability in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. An attempt was made towards optimization of astaxanthin extraction conditions using three different extraction conditions an...

20 Feed management strategies that maximise shrimp growth and optimise feed utilisation are 21 critical to the cost effectiveness of production.. In this study, juvenile shrimp (~3 g) were 22 cultured for six weeks in a laboratory based clear-water tank system. The experiment design 23 was a three way factorial with two diets (Diet A – standard industry formulation, or Diet B – 24 the same diet...