Use of molasses as a carbon source during the nursery rearing of Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis (Latreille, 1817) in a Biofloc technology system |
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| Authors: | Diego Moreira de Souza Sabrina Medeiros Suita Luis Alberto Romano Wilson Wasielesky Jr Eduardo Luis Cupertino Ballester |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratório de Maricultura, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), , Rio Grande, RS, Brasil;2. Laboratório de Histologia e Imunologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil;3. Laboratório de Carcinicultura, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Palotina, PR, Brasil |
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| Abstract: | The present work evaluated the use of molasses as a carbon source during the nursery rearing of Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis in a Biofloc technology system. During a 30 days trial, three replicate tanks were randomly assigned to the following treatments: 1.) molasses (with molasses addition) and 2.) control (without molasses addition). Bacteriological analysis was used to quantify the abundance of presumptive Vibrio spp. between control and molasses treatment. The concentration of this microorganism was lower in molasses compared with control. For the immunological analysis, shrimp haemolymph was collected to determine the total haemocyte count and the total protein concentration. The immunological results were not different between treatments. The performance results of shrimp reared with molasses addition showed that the survival rate (88.87 ± 6.36), the mean final weight (1.22 ± 0.38) and the specific growth rate (0.0309 ± 1.06) were significantly higher compared with control (80.5 ± 2.42; 1.03 ± 0.13; 0.0256 ± 0.97 respectively). Moreover, the addition of molasses contributed to the maintenance of water quality and lower concentration of presumptive Vibrio spp. The control presented an unstable variation of Vibrio spp. reaching values of 80 × 102 CFU/ml, while the highest result of molasses was 20 × 102 CFU/ml, confirming the beneficial effects of molasses addition. |
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| Keywords: | Molasses
BFT
zero exchange shrimp culture
Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis
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