Amin Oujifard; Abdolmohammad Abedian Kenari; Ali Taheri
Volume 12, Issue 3 , September 2014, , Pages 4-14
Abstract
The effects of inulin were studied on the growth indices, intestinal morphology as well as fatty acid profile of the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei with average weight 3.21±0.03 g for 5 weeks. The experiment was carried in triplicate, was conducted in circular PVC tanks of 300 L capacity ...
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The effects of inulin were studied on the growth indices, intestinal morphology as well as fatty acid profile of the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei with average weight 3.21±0.03 g for 5 weeks. The experiment was carried in triplicate, was conducted in circular PVC tanks of 300 L capacity with 25 shrimp per tank at the Aquaculture Center (Delvar, Bushehr province). Inulin was added to the diets at a 2 levels (0 and 2 percent). The shrimp were fed the experimental diets to visual satiety five times a day at 08:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00 and 24:00 h. No significant differences in growth performances (such as survival, feed conversion ratio (FCR), specific growth rate (SGR), Protein efficiency ratio (PER)) was observed, however, Dietary inulin brought about significantly improved 20:3n3 fatty acid content between the two treatments (P>0.05). Intestine epithelium cells height in the abdominal sections significantly (P< 0.05) were higher in shrimp fed by dietary inulin. The results of this study showed that supplement of 2% of inulin has positive effects on fatty acid profile and intestinal morphology in Litopenaeus vannamei.
Ali Taheri; Mohammad Reza Kalbassi; Abdul Mohammad Abedian
Volume 11, Issue 2 , November 2012, , Pages 16-24
Abstract
Effect of transportation of rainbow trout gametes under moist oxygen packing at 1-2 °c on fertilization was studied. Gametes were transferred in polyethylene bags (20×18cm) containing 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 % moist oxygen (in its free volume) and ten hours after transfer in a Styrofoam box with ...
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Effect of transportation of rainbow trout gametes under moist oxygen packing at 1-2 °c on fertilization was studied. Gametes were transferred in polyethylene bags (20×18cm) containing 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 % moist oxygen (in its free volume) and ten hours after transfer in a Styrofoam box with thermo gel bags, fertilization were conducted in 25 treatments (in 3 replicates) and fertilized eggs were transferred to an incubator designed for rainbow trout with recirculation system (10°c). Percentage of fertility, eyed eggs, and hatching rate were calculated as an indicator for determination of optimum level of oxygen during transportation. The best results were obtained from fertilization of eggs transported at 100% oxygen and sperm transported at 75% oxygen with 95.01 ± 1.2% fertility, 78±4.21% eyed eggs and 75±3.88% hatching rate which were significant different (p<0/05) compared to the control (treatment without oxygen). As in fish breeding programs, gamete transfer is simpler and inexpensive than brood stock transfer, and hence this method could be applied for short term transferring of rainbow trout gametes as a simple and applicable method.