Open AccessSuplementação dietética com probiótico e butirato de sódio no pré-berçário de Litopenaeus vannamei
Author(s) -
Marcello Mendes dos Santos-Junior,
Efrayn Wilker Souza Candia,
Gabriel Fernandes Alves Jesus,
Walter Quadros Seiffert,
José Luiz Pedreira Mouriño,
Felipe do Nascimento Vieira
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
boletim do instituto de pesca
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1678-2305
pISSN - 0046-9939
DOI - 10.20950/1678-2305.2016v42n2p457
Subject(s) - litopenaeus , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , zoology , fishery , shrimp
This study aimed to evaluate the diet supplementation with sodium butyrate, probiotic (Lactobacillus plantarum) and their interaction, in the diet for post-larvae of the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in pre-nursery. We used the following treatments during the entire experimental period: (1) Probiotic 1x108 UFC/g, sodium butyrate 2%, (3) probiotic 1x108 UFC/g + sodium butyrate 2%, (4) control (Base diet). In all treatment we added culture medium in the same doses as in the probiotic treatments. We used 16 experimental units of 60L each, with the bottom U-shaped, stocked with 2,880 post-larvae 5. Fifteen days later, regardless the presence or absence of the probiotic, shrimps from treatment with butyrate had higher survival (p = 0.0039) and lowest individual dry weight (p = 0.0043). No morphological changes were observed in the gut of post-larvae in any treatment. Therefore, the diet supplementation with sodium butyrate increases the survival of shrimp post-larvae of in the pre-nursery phase, without causing morphological changes in its gut.