The effect of vitamin A supplementation in broodstock feed on reproductive performance and larval quality in Penaeus chinensis |
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| Authors: | L Mengqing J Wenjuan C Qing & W Jialin |
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| Institution: | Marine Fishery Culture and Installed Fishery Laboratory, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Qingdao, China |
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| Abstract: | The effect of feeding four semi‐purified diets A1, A2, A3, A4, containing different vitamin A acetate levels 0, 20, 40, 60 mg kg?1 diet, respectively, on fecundity, egg hatching rate, larval survival rate and vitamin A content in eggs of Chinese shrimp (Penaeus chinensis) broodstock was compared with a fresh clam diet (control) in a 60‐day feeding trial. The broodstock shrimp fed the diet with 60 mg kg?1 vitamin A acetate added exhibited significantly higher fecundity (P < 0.01). Hatching rate was highest with diet A4 (P < 0.05), whereas hatching rates were similar fed diets A1, A2, A3. Increasing levels of vitamin A in broodstock diet resulted in improvement in larval quality. The vitamin A levels in shrimp eggs from broodstock fed with diet A4 were higher compared with those from broodstock fed with diet A1, A2 (P < 0.01). The fecundity and hatching percentages were positively correlated with the vitamin A content in eggs in the present study. The results of this study showed that higher level of vitamin A in broodstock diet may have positive effects on fecundity and larval quality in P. chinensis. |
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| Keywords: | hatching rate larval quality Penaeus chinensis reproduction shrimp broodstock vitamin A |
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