Title
Commercial products for Artemia enrichment affect growth performance, digestive system maturation, ossification and incidence of skeletal deformities in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) larvae
Date Issued
12 January 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Boglino A.
Ortiz-Delgado J.
Özcan F.
Estévez A.
Andree K.
Hontoria F.
Sarasquete C.
Gisbert E.
Centre de Sant Carles de la Ràpita (IRTA-SCR)
Abstract
Proper nutrition at first feeding in marine fish larvae is an important factor for successful larval rearing. However, live prey used to feed marine finfish larvae lack essential fatty acids requiring commercial hatcheries to enrich live prey to provide a balanced diet. Currently, the many commercially available enrichments for live prey present considerable differences in their formulas, and compositions of essential nutrients. Since nutritional requirements are species-specific it is necessary to define those enrichments most appropriate for each species in terms of larval development and quality. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of six enrichments on Senegalese sole larval performance including growth, digestive system development and skeletogenesis, to determine whether any of these products are more suitable for Senegalese sole larval rearing. From 8 to 37 days post hatching (dph), larvae were fed Artemia nauplii previously enriched with six different formulae: Easy Selco© (INVE, ES), Easy Selco© (INVE) half diluted with olive oil (ES/2), Multigain© (BioMar, MG), Red Pepper© (Bernaqua, RP), Aquagrow Gold© (ABN, AGG) and Aquagrow DHA© (ABN, AGD), with the last two being diluted by a third with olive oil. The dietary treatments significantly affected larval growth and performance; larvae fed Artemia enriched with AGG presented significantly higher final dry weight (2.0 ± 0.4 mg), growth and intestinal maturation than larvae fed ES-enriched Artemia (final dry weight: 1.1 ± 0.3 mg). Larvae fed the AGG treatment also were those most advanced in metamorphosis and ossification processes. Larvae fed ES/2, RP, AGD and MG treatments presented intermediary values for all these parameters. No significant effect of the dietary treatments was detected in final survival and incidence of skeletal deformities. We conclude that, among the enrichments tested, AGG is the most appropriate for larvae of Senegalese sole. © 2011.
Start page
290
End page
302
Volume
324-325
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología del desarrollo
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-83555176256
Source
Aquaculture
ISSN of the container
00448486
Sponsor(s)
Authors thank Stolt Sea Farm for their generosity in supplying fish, M. Pimentel and S. Molas for their excellent technical assistance with live prey rearing. Lipid analyses were performed by N. Gras and M. Sastre. This work was funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICIIN) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) of the Spanish Government (projects AGL2008-03897-C04-01/ACU, AGL2008-03897-C04-04/ACU and PIF-200930I128). M.J. Darias was supported by a Juan de la Cierva post-doctoral contract.
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - CSIC
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