ABSTRACT

Present attempt was made to assess the effects of replacing fish meal with seagrass Cymodocea serrulata meal on the growth and biochemical composition of White legged shrimp Penaeus vannamei. The investigations on the biochemical constituents and nutritive profile of the formulated feeds showed that seagrass could be the better replacement for fish meal in pelleted feeds. The seagrass used in our study did not seem to affect the palatability of the diet for a shrimp P.vannamei. The 21 days experiment result showed that the lipid and carbohydrate were found to be significantly higher in experimental feed. Whereas the insignificant difference was noted in protein content between control and experiment feeds. The survival, growth, content of protein and carbohydrate of shrimp were found to be significantly elevated in seagrass incorporated diet when compared to control. Hence, present study suggests that the seagrass Cymodocea serrulata can be used as an alternative source to replace high cost fishmeal in the diet of P.vannamei. Key Words: Algae, Seagrass, Fish meal, Cymodocea serrulata, Penaeus vannamei
Publication date: 01/01/2020

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.1.4911