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Laboratory culture of fairy shrimps using baker’s yeast as basic food in a flow-through system

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Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 103))

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We designed and standardized a culture method for freshwater anostracans using diets free of live algae. Thamnocephalus platyurus and Branchinecta lindahli were used as test organisms.

We used baker’s yeast as basic food and added inert particles (clay or amorphic silicium dioxide) to improve the digestion of the yeast. A flow-through culture system was used, according to a fixed feeding schedule, to supply separately, culture medium (tap water), food, and inert particle suspensions. Three variants with baker’s yeast as basic food, were compared for survival, growth, and reproduction. A diet of solely baker’s yeast (diet 1) or baker’s yeast supplemented with vegetal oil containing β-carotene (diet 2) was unsuitable for reproduction of T. platyurus. Cyst production was only achieved when diet 2 was supplemented with fish oil and Spirulina powder (diet 3). This suggests that not only a digestibility problem, but also nutritional deficiencies are present in baker’s yeast.

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  1. Laboratory of Animal Ecology, University of Ghent, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Alejandro M. Maeda-Martínez, Hortencia Obregón-Barboza & Henri J. Dumont

  2. División Biología Marina, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C., Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México

    Alejandro M. Maeda-Martínez & Hortencia Obregón-Barboza

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Maeda-Martínez, A.M., Obregón-Barboza, H., Dumont, H.J. (1995). Laboratory culture of fairy shrimps using baker’s yeast as basic food in a flow-through system. In: Belk, D., Dumont, H.J., Maier, G. (eds) Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Aquaculture II. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 103. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0291-9_13

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