Journal of Aquaculture Science
Vol 3 No 2 (2018): Journal Of Aquaculture Science

Dietary Supplementation of Zinc to Improve Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Immune System

Adni Oktaviana (Program Studi Budidaya Perairan, Jurusan Peternakan, Politeknik Negeri Lampung)



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Publish Date
31 Oct 2018

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of zinc supplementation to improves immune responses on the pacific white shrimp (L. vannamei).This study consist of two treatments with four replicates. Dietary zinc supplementation 45 mg/kg of feed (P) anda without dietary zinc supplementation (C). This study was conducted for five weeks. The result showed significantly different on growth performance and haemocytes total. However, its has no significantly different on survival rate of the shrimp.   Keywords: Pacific White Shrimp, Total Haemocyte Count, Zinc

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JoAS

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The Journal of Aquaculture Science (JoAS) is a medium for exchanging information and scientific work in the field of Aquaculture published by the Aquaculture Study Program, Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences (FIKKIA) Airlangga University at Banyuwangi. Published scientific works ...