Dietary soybean meal on growth and intestinal morphology of South American catfish, Rhamdia quelen, larvae

The effects of the replacement of bread yeast by soybean meal in diets for Rhamdia quelen larvae on growth, survival, and intestinal morphology were analysed. Larvae were fed for 20 days with five diets: a control diet formulated with 57% of bread yeast, and other four diets in which soybean meal at concentrations of 14.25, 28.5, 42.75 and 57% was added to obtain 25, 50, 75 and 100% of bread yeast replacement. Growth and survival parameters were negatively affected by dietary soybean meal inclusion. Larvae fed control diet showed significantly higher mean weight, specific growth rate, final biomass, and survival rate than larvae from other treatments. Enterocyte height and fold width of the posterior intestine showed highest values in the control group, and an inverse linear relationship with the level of dietary soybean meal inclusion was observed, however, in the anterior intestine the morphology parameters were not affected by the diet. These results indicate that inclusion of soybean meal in diets for R. quelen larvae negatively affects growth and survival, as well as the capacity for digestion and absorption of nutrients, mainly in the posterior intestine.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Hernández,David Roque, Santinón,Juan José, Sánchez,Sebastián, Domitrovic,Hugo Alberto
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2012
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782012000900023
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