Effects of dietary DHA/EPA ratios on growth performance, survival and fatty acid composition of juvenile swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus)

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• 作者：Shuixin Hu ; Jiteng Wang ; Tao Han ; Xinyu Li ; Yudong Jiang and Chunlin Wang
• 刊名：Aquaculture Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：48
• 期：3
• 页码：1291-1301
• 全文大小：198K
• ISSN：1365-2109

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This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary docosahexaenoic to eicosapentaenoic acid (DHA/EPA) ratios on growth performance, survival and fatty acid composition of juvenile swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus). Four isonitrogenous and isoenergetic experimental diets were formulated to contain different DHA/EPA ratios (0.70, 0.84, 1.06 and 1.25). There were three replicates (15 crabs per replicate) for each diet treatment. The crabs were fed (about 6–8% body weight) twice daily for 8 weeks. A good growth performance and feed utilization were observed in swimming crabs fed the diets with DHA/EPA ratios of 0.70 and 0.84. Crabs fed diet with 0.70 DHA/EPA ratio showed a significantly higher weight gain (WG) compared with the crabs fed the diet with DHA/EPA ratio of 1.25 (P < 0.05). The result of this study showed that the survival increased with decreasing the ratio of DHA/EPA. The DHA/EPA ratios in polar lipid from tissues were influenced by the dietary DHA/EPA ratios. Results of this study indicated that the growth performance and survival of juvenile swimming crab are correlated to the DHA/EPA ratio in the diets, and the best growth performance and survival were achieved with the ratios of 0.70–0.84.