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Enriching brine shrimp (Artemia sp.) with Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (HUFA)

Photo credit:  Samart Detsathit (Thailand)                                     Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Brine shrimp, (Artemia sp.) are among the key live food provided during the larval stages of marine fish species. Because the content of artemia of lipids and fatty acids …

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Rotifer enrichment in marine hatcheries

Rotifers by itself do not possess high nutritional value.  However, because of their appropriate sizes to the small larvae such as those of marine fish, rotifers have been successfully used in marine hatcheries after been adequately enriched to meet the nutritional demands of target larvae for proper neural development. Brachionus plicatilis is a common rotifer in …

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