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Effects of different dietary lipid sources on growth performance and tissue fatty acid composition of juvenile swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus

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This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary lipid sources on the growth performance and fatty acid composition of the swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus. Four isonitrogenous and isoenergetic experimental diets were formulated to contain four separate lipid sources, including fish, soybean, rapeseed, and linseed oils (FO, SO, RO, and LO, respectively). With three replicates of 18 crabs each for each diet, crabs (initial body weight, 17.00±0.09 g) were fed twice daily for 8 weeks. There were no significant differences among these groups in terms of weight gain, specific growth rate, and hepatosomatic index. However, the RO groups’ survival rate was significantly lower than FO groups. The feed conversion and protein efficiency ratios of RO groups were poorer than other groups. The proximate compositions of whole body and hepatopancreas were significantly affected by these dietary treatments. Tissue fatty acid composition mainly reflected dietary fatty acid compositions. Crabs fed FO diets exhibited significantly higher arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, and docosahexaenoic acid contents in muscle and hepatopancreas compared with VO crabs. Linoleic, oleic, and linolenic acids in muscle and hepatopancreas were the highest in the SO, RO, and LO groups, respectively. The present study suggested that SO and LO could substitute for FO in fishmeal-based diets for swimming crabs, without affecting growth performance and survival.

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    Tao Han  (韩涛) & Chunlin Wang  (王春琳)

  2. School of Fishery, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316022, China

    Tao Han  (韩涛), Jiteng Wang  (王骥腾), Shuixin Hu  (胡水鑫), Xinyu Li  (李新宇) & Yudong Jiang  (姜宇栋)

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Supported by the Agriculture Science Technology Achievement Transformation Fund (No. 2014GB2C22015), the Public Projects of Zhejiang Province (Nos. 2013C32037, 2013C31032), the Zhejiang Major Special Program of Breeding (No. 2012C12907-3), the Ningbo Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project (No. 2014C92011), and the Zhejiang Provincial Oceanic and Fishery Bureau Project, Zhoushan Science and Technology Bureau Project (No. 2013C41007)

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Han, T., Wang, J., Hu, S. et al. Effects of different dietary lipid sources on growth performance and tissue fatty acid composition of juvenile swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus . Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 33, 957–965 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-015-4262-z

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