Open AccessEFFECTS OF FEEDING RATE AND FEEDING FREQUENCY ON PROTEIN DIGESTIBILITY IN THE FRESHWATER SHRIMP ( Macrobrachium rosenbergii )
Author(s) -
Taechanuruk Suchat,
Stickney Robert R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0735-0147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1982.tb00013.x
Subject(s) - macrobrachium rosenbergii , biology , shrimp , menhaden , fish meal , freshwater shrimp , fishery , meal , macrobrachium , zoology , crustacean , protein digestibility , chromic oxide , food science , prawn , fish <actinopterygii> , decapoda
Neither feeding rate nor feeding frequency appear to affect protein digestibility in the freshwater shrimp, Macrobrachium rosenbergii . A feeding frequency of twice daily resulted in a significant increase in food consumption compared to feeding once or 3 times daily. Apparent protein digestibility from a diet containing menhaden meal as the primary protein source ranged from 83.3% to 87.7% based on the chromic oxide method. Those values were within the ranges published on other crustacean species for fish meal and other proteins.