Effects of zinc-supplemented diets on growth, survival, and immune responses of the Pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 (Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata)

What is it about?

Shrimp aquaculture maintains its strong growth, with the Pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, being the globe’s top farmed and marketed aquatic species. However, unlike dietary nutrient requirements for protein, amino acid, and lipid, which have been extensively studied, mineral nutrition studies of this aquaculture species are scarce. Indeed, adequate knowledge of mineral supplementation at appropriate level is important for optimizing feeding conditions and dietary composition, thus, improving fish performance under culture situations, particularly during the grow-out phase. As such this paper should be of interest to a broad readership in crustacean studies including those interested in shrimp aquaculture.

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