Abstract

MARINE ALGAE ENTEROMORPHA INTESTINALIS ACTS AS A POTENTIAL GROWTH PROMOTER IN PRAWN FEED

Kunal Mondal*, Subhra Bikash Bhattacharyya and Abhijit Mitra

Abstract

A newly prepared powder from marine algae Enteromorpha intestinalis (Aqua-Naturale) has been found as a potent growth promoter in freshwater prawn. Juveniles of Macrobrachium rosenbergii were fed with Aqua-Naturale at 5% level through fishmeal based supplementary diet for a period of 240 days. The study was an attempt to observe the responses of Aqua-Naturale diet towards muscle growth pattern of the culture species as well as the probable economic returns obtained from the experiment in order to commercialize the particular product in local aquafeed market. The desired level of Aqua- Naturale administration produced animals with significantly (p

Keywords: E. intestinalis, M. rosenbergii, Body weight, Muscle fibre, Hypertrophy, Economic analysis.