TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effects of Different Salinity and Supplemented Mannan Oligosaccharides 
  (MOS) on Growth of <I>Litopenaeus vannamei</I> (Penaeus: Decapoda)
AU - Ayce Genc, M. AU - Ebeoglu, Berrin 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 12
IS  - 9
SP  - 942
EP  - 947
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2013.942.947
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2013.942.947
KW  - Shrimp
KW  -Litopenaeus vannamei
KW  -mannan oligosaccharides
KW  -salinity
KW  -hepatopancreas histology
AB  - The present study was to test the effects of mannan oligosaccharides (2 and 4 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP>) in different salinity (s) levels (20 and 38&#137;) on growth of white shrimp, <I>Litopenaeus vannamei</I>. Research was continued 80 days. For 6 groups and 3 replicates, 18 aquarias were used (80x40x40 cm, 15 <I>Litopenaeus vannamei</I>/aquarium, 0.43&plusmn;0.44 g). Experimental groups were used as M0-s20 (0 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> MOS-20&#137; s), M2-s20 (2 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> MOS-20&#137; s), M4-s20 (4 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> MOS-20&#137; s), M0-s38 (0 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> MOS-38&#137; s), M2-s38 (2 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> MOS-38&#137; s) and M4-s38 (4 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> MOS-38&#137; s). The results of the experiment indicated that the diet supplemented with 0, 2 and 4 g MOS kg<SUP>-1</SUP> in 38&#137; salinity (M0-s38, M2-s38, M4-s38) and the control group in 20&#137; salinity (M0-s20) enhanced the growth parameters (p&lt;0.05) including the final body weight, live weight gains, daily weight gains and specific growth. At the end of the study the highest live weight gain were detected as 6.65&plusmn;1.874 g in M4-s38, 6.57&plusmn;2.134 g in M2-s38, 6.21&plusmn;2.164 g in M0-s20, 5.88&plusmn;2.345 g in M0-s38 groups, respectively and the lowest live weight gains were found as 4.66&plusmn;2.075 g in M2-s20 and 4.74&plusmn;1.399 g in M4-s20 groups (p&lt;0.05). Respects of the growth and survival rates, the more successful groups were found in 38&#137; salinity conditions. Additionally, comparing with the hepatopancreas histology no differences were detected between the groups. In conclusion, MOS supplementation in low salinity level was not promoting the growth parameters in <I>L. vannamei</I>.
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