Effects of dietary nucleotides on growth rate and disease resistance of crustaceans using axenic artemia culture tests
| dc.contributor.author | Madalla, N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wille, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sorgeloos, P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-03T13:22:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-03T13:22:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description | Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2013, Vol. 12(1) : 37-42 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Effects of dietary nucleotides on growth and disease resistance of crustaceans were evaluated using axenic Artemia culture tests. Higher Artemia growth in xenic culture (15.6 ± 2.9 mm) than in axenic culture (9.2 ± 1.9 mm) reaffirmed the need to eliminate microbial populations known to influence growth and disease resistance. The study further demonstrated that dietary nucleotides supplementation at 0.005% significantly improved growth as demonstrated by higher body length (11.3 ± 3.4 mm) compared to the control (9.5 ± 1.3 mm). The nucleotides also led to improved disease resistance as demonstrated by significantly higher survival (38.3 ± 4.4%) compared to the control (16.7 ± 1.7%) after a challenge with Vibrio proteolyticus. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0856 668X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1985 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dietary Nucleotides | en_US |
| dc.subject | Axenic culture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Axenic artemia | en_US |
| dc.title | Effects of dietary nucleotides on growth rate and disease resistance of crustaceans using axenic artemia culture tests | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |