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Attractability and palatability of ingredients in longarm river prawn Macrobrachium tenellum feed.

Authors :
Montoya-Martínez, Cynthia
Nolasco-Soria, Héctor
Vega-Villasante, Fernando
Carrillo-Farnés, Olimpia
Álvarez-González, Alfonso
Civera-Cerecedo, Roberto
Source :
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. Jul2018 Special Isue, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p615-620. 6p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

The present work evaluates the attractant and palatable potential of six ingredients of animal origin in longarm river prawn Macrobrachium tenellum juveniles in a Y type maze system. Ingredients were pelletized for the first bioassay and included in neutral gelatin (in wet base) in the second bioassay. The ingredient to evaluate was placed in one of the Y-maze arms, allowing the free movement of prawn for 15 min. On both bioassays, attractability was evaluated by quantifying the time required for the first prawn to enter the region where the feed was found and the total of prawns which entered that region. In the second bioassay, also evaluated the palatability quantifying the time for the first prawn to have contact with the ingredient, the total of prawns which had contact with it and the time they remained feeding. No significant differences were obtained between treatments in the first bioassay. Significant differences were found in the second bioassay showing that pork meal, fish meal, feather meal and shrimp meal have greater attractability due to the number of prawns attracted, results also show significant differences in palatability, where fishmeal, shrimp meal and pork meal stimulating a higher number of organisms and promoting a longer consumption time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0718560X
Volume :
46
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
130868082
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3856/vol46-issue3-fulltext-17