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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 131, Issue 3, Pages 675-681Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00515-3
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crab nutrition; Eriocheir sinensis; fatty acid composition; fecundity; hatchability; highly unsaturated fatty acids; lipids; lipid sources
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The effect of feeding three semi-purified diets containing different lipid sources (anchovy oil, soybean oil and pork laid) on fecundity, hatchability and egg fatty acid composition of Chinese mitten-handed crab (Eriocheir sinensis) broodstock was compared with a fresh clam diet in a 6-month feeding trial. Broodstock crabs fed the diet containing pork lard showed poor fecundity and low hatchability. Crabs fed the diet containing soybean oil showed improved fecundity; however, no significant improvement in hatchability was observed. Broodstock fed the diet containing. anchovy oil showed the highest fecundity and egg hatchability. Eggs from broodstock fed anchoy oil as sole dietary lipid had a higher n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content (33.3%) compared with those of crabs fed diets with soybean oil (20.1%) and pork lard (16.3%) as lipid sources. The results indicate a close correlation between: (1) the 20:5n-3 content of the egg lipid and fecundity; (2) the 22:6n-3 content and hatchability; and (3) fecundity, hatchability and n-3/n-6 fatty acid ratio. The results also suggest that each of these n-3 HUFAs may play different and specific roles in crab reproduction and that either must be adequate in the broodstock diet. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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