Journal of Aquaculture Research & Development

Adriano Carvalho Costa

Publications

• Research Article
  Sulfated Polysaccharides in Diets for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in the Initial Growth Phase
  Author(s): Bruno Chaves Fabrini, Weslley Fernandes Braga, Estefânia Souza Andrade, Daniela Aparecida de Jesus Paula, Renan Rosa Paulino, Adriano Carvalho Costa, Luciano Vilela Paiva, Fabrício Lelis da Silva and Luis David Solis Murgas Bruno Chaves Fabrini, Weslley Fernandes Braga, Estefânia Souza Andrade, Daniela Aparecida de Jesus Paula, Renan Rosa Paulino, Adriano Carvalho Costa, Luciano Vilela Paiva, Fabrício Lelis da Silva and Luis David Solis Murgas
  
  This study had the objective of evaluating the performance of Nile tilapia, in initial growth phase, with the supplementation of fucoidan, extracted from brown algae, at 30 days of rearing. The experiment was conducted for a period of 30 days. We used 216 Nile tilapia fingerlings distributed in to twelve 60 liter tanks, in a completely randomized design, totalizing four treatments and tree replicates. The fingerlings were supplemented with powdered sulfated polysaccharide extract at the levels of 0%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5%. During the experimental period, two samplings were performed (initial and final) to measure zootechnical performance, muscle histology and blood plasma chromatography. The data were submitted to analysis of variance at a level of significance of 5%. The performance variables muscle fiber diameter frequency and fucose plasmatic concentration were not significant among .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9546.1000477

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