Effect of Formic Acid, β-Carotene and Vitamin E on Growth, Survival and Prevention to Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Rearing of Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

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Narupanat Yowaphui
Tirawat Rairat
Niti Chuchird

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A 60-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of formic acid (Amasil® NA), β-carotene (Lucarotin® 10% Feed) and vitamin E (Lutavit® E 50 S) on growth, survival, prevention of Vibrio infection and immune parameters of Pacific white shrimp. In Experiment 1, postlarvae-12 were randomly distributed into six groups and then fed four times daily with the following diets as treatments: 0.3% formic acid, 50 ppm β-carotene, 50 ppm β-carotene + 0.3% formic acid, 400 ppm vitamin E and no feed additives (positive and negative control groups). After 30 days of the feeding trials, the body weight of shrimp fed with 50 ppm β-carotene was significantly higher than those of the control groups, whereas the survival rate was not different among all treatment groups. In Experiment 2, Vibrio parahaemolyticus was added to all tanks except the positive control to obtain a final concentration of 104 colony-forming units/ml. Each treatment group received the aforementioned diets for another 30 days. At the end of the trial, shrimp fed with 50 ppm β-carotene and 400 ppm vitamin E had significantly higher body weight compared to the negative control. Apart from the positive control, the highest survival rate was observed in shrimp fed a diet containing 0.3% formic acid, while immune parameters of shrimp fed a diet containing β-carotene were significantly improved. In summary, dietary formic acid and β-carotene exhibited positive effects on shrimp health.

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Yowaphui, N., Rairat, T., & Chuchird, N. (2016). Effect of Formic Acid, β-Carotene and Vitamin E on Growth, Survival and Prevention to Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Rearing of Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). Journal of Fisheries and Environment, 40(1), 1–14. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JFE/article/view/80422
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