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Influence of two different dietary zinc sources in freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii post larvae

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A feeding experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of bulk zinc (B-Zn) and zinc nanoparticles (Zn-NPs) on survival, growth, compositions of amino acid and fatty acid, and nonspecific immune responses of the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii post larvae. The B-Zn (size 10 μm) and Zn-NPs (size 50 nm) were supplemented separately with the basal feeds of M. rosenbergii at 60 mg/kg and feed without supplementation of any Zn source was served as a control. M. rosenbergii were fed these feeds for 90 days and the results showed that significant (P <0.05) improvements in survival, growth, feed intake, specific growth rate, essential amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids, nonspecific immune responses (total haemocytes and differential haemocytes count) of M. rosenbergii fed with B-Zn and Zn-NPs supplemented feeds when compared to control. Among these Zn sources, Zn-NPs supplemented feeds fed prawns showed significantly (P <0.05) better performance than that of B-Zn and control. Hence, present study suggests that the 60 mg/kg Zn-NPs can be supplemented with basal feeds of M. rosenbergii for regulating better survival and growth.

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  1. Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641 046, Tamil Nadu, India

    Muralisankar Thirunavukkarasu

  2. Crustacean Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641 046, Tamil Nadu, India

    Saravana Bhavan Periyakali

  3. Department of Arid Land Agriculture, College of Food & Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain-15551, UAE

    Radhakrishnan Subramanian

  4. Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India

    Muralisankar Thirunavukkarasu & Santhanam Perumal

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Thirunavukkarasu, M., Periyakali, S.B., Subramanian, R. et al. Influence of two different dietary zinc sources in freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii post larvae. J. Ocean. Limnol. 37, 290–299 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-018-7253-z

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