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- Title
Assessment of marine thraustochytrid Schizochytrium limacinum OUC88 for mariculture by enriched feeds.
- Authors
Xiaojin SONG; Xuecheng ZHANG; Nan GUO; Luying ZHU; Chenghong KUANG
- Abstract
In the present study, Schizochytrium limacinum OUC88, a thraustochytrid with high content of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6 n−3), was used as feed for rotifer Brachionus plicatilis and Artemia franciscana. The rotifer and Artemia were harvested at 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24-h intervals, analyzed for fatty acid composition, and compared with the control which fed on yeast only. The highest DHA content resulted from an enrichment period of 12 h for both fed organisms, reached 13.4 and 10.9% of the total fatty acids (TFAs) in rotifers and Artemia nauplii, respectively, and the DHA level reduced sharply if enrichment time was longer than 12 h. The pseudoalbinism rate of turbot Scophthalmus maximus juveniles fed enriched rotifers and Artemia nauplii reduced greatly (40% lower than in control group). Thus, enrichment of rotifers and Artemia nauplii by DHA-rich Schizochytrium limacinum OUC88 may provide a practical strategy for feeding fish juveniles in aquaculture.
- Subjects
FUNGI as feed; THRAUSTOCHYTRIALES; MARICULTURE; ARTEMIA; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC acid; OOMYCETES; AQUACULTURE; BIOSALINE resources
- Publication
Fisheries Science, 2007, Vol 73, Issue 3, p565
- ISSN
0919-9268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01369.x