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Comparation of the Improvement Effect on Body Colour of Chinese Mitten Crab Caused by Three Carotenoid Sources

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  • 1. School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China;
    2. Suzhou Yangchenhu National Modern Agriculture Demonstration Zones Development Company, Suzhou 215141, China

Received date: 2014-02-27

  Online published: 2014-08-13

Abstract

This study was conducted to compare the improvement effect on body colour of Chinese mitten crab caused by three carotenoid sources, in order to provide a reference for optimizing quality of Chinese mitten crab. Four experimental diets were formulated, including a control diet and three diets in which adding 2.00% Spirulina, 0.55% Haematococcus pluvialis and 15.00% alfalfa meal, respectively, and the content of carotenoid in those diets was 6.0, 67.2, 67.6 and 49.5 mg/kg, accordingly. Two hundred and forty Chinese mitten crabs with the initial body weight of (8.9±0.3) g were stored in 16 tanks with 15 crabs per tank. Each diet fed crabs in 4 tanks for 60 days. The results showed as follows: at the end of the feeding trial, no significant differences were observed in final body weight, survival rate and specific growth rate among all groups (P>0.05). The contents of carotenoid and astaxanthin in both carapace and hepatopancreas were successively increased in Spirulina, Haematococcus pluvialis and alfalfa meal, and were significantly higher than those in control group (P<0.05). Moreover, the contents of carotenoid and astaxanthin in both carapace and hepatopancreas in alfalfa meal group were significantly higher than those in Spirulina group (P<0.05). These results indicate that the body colour of Chinese mitten crab can be improved by Spirulina, Haematococcus pluvialis and alfalfa meal, and the alfalfa meal has the best effect.

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GONG Zhi, YI Shuping, KONG Li, CAI Chunfang, YE Yuantu, SHEN Jianming . Comparation of the Improvement Effect on Body Colour of Chinese Mitten Crab Caused by Three Carotenoid Sources[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2014 , 26(8) : 2408 -2413 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2014.08.048

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