Effect of Dietary Astaxanthin and Background Color on Pigmentation and Growth of Red Cherry Shrimp, Neocaridina heteropoda

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Red cherry shrimp Astaxanthin Pigmentation Growth performance

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Nongnuch Laohavisuti
Department of Animal Production Technology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
Uscharee Ruangdej
Department of Animal Production Technology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand,

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Effect of dietary astaxanthin and background color on pigmentation and growth of red cherry shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda) was investigated. A 2x3 factorial in CRD with two types of diets (with astaxanthin supplementation of 200 mg astaxanthin.kg-1 and without supplementation) and three types of background colors (white, red and black) was conducted. After the 8 weeks feeding trial, the results indicated that dietary astaxanthin and background color had no interaction effect on pigmentation and growth performance (P>0.05). Astaxanthin-fed groups had significantly greater pigmentation than that of shrimp fed without astaxanthin (P<0.05). Pigmentation significantly increased as the darkness of background color increased (P<0.05). Astaxanthin-fed groups had significantly greater weight gain and SGR than that of shrimp fed with diets without astaxanthin (P<0.05). Weight gain and SGR also significantly increased as the darkness of background color increased (P<0.05). There was no difference in shrimp survival between diets with or without astaxanthin (P>0.05) and among background colors. All results indicated that red cherry shrimp fed with astaxanthin and reared in black or red background colors can increase pigmentation, weight gain and SGR.

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Laohavisuti, N., & Ruangdej, U. (2014). Effect of Dietary Astaxanthin and Background Color on Pigmentation and Growth of Red Cherry Shrimp, Neocaridina heteropoda. Journal of Fisheries and Environment, 38(1), 1–7. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JFE/article/view/80595
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Vol. 38 No. 1 (2014): January-April
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