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Dietary cholesterol requirement of larvae and postlarvae of the prawn Penaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards)

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Title Dietary cholesterol requirement of larvae and postlarvae of the prawn Penaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards)
 
Creator Chandge, M S
Paulraj, R
 
Subject Fish Nutrition
Prawn and Prawn fisheries
Eggs and Larvae
 
Description Two sets of experiments were conducted to determine the dietary cholesterol requirement of larvae and postlarvae 1-10 of Penaeus indicus. Seven approximately isocaloric and isonitrogenous purified experimental diets were tried with graded levels of cholesterol ranging from 0 to 4%. The control feed for larvae and postlarvae 1-10 were phytoplankton and compounded feed NPCL-17, developed by CMFRI, Cochin respectively. Result of these experiments indicates that cholesterol is an essential nutrient in the diet of larvae and postlarvae 1-10. Survival and growth of larvae and postlarvae 1-10 were greatly affected by cholesterol deficiency in the diet. The optimal cholesterol requirement for larvae appeared to be 0.5% of the diet, while it was higher for postlarvae where inclusion of cholesterol at a level of 2% in the diet gave higher growth.
 
Date 1996
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16635/1/Journal%20of%20the%20Indian%20Fisheries%20Association_1996_Chandge%20M%20S.pdf
Chandge, M S and Paulraj, R (1996) Dietary cholesterol requirement of larvae and postlarvae of the prawn Penaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards). Journal of the Indian Fisheries Association, 23. pp. 63-74.