Tag Alfonso Martínez-Ortega

Health & Welfare

Study: Inbreeding affects body weight, not survival, in white shrimp

Inbreeding commonly causes a decrease in the mean values of traits of productive interest in aquaculture. Results of a study, however, showed that inbreeding had no effect on grout survival of Pacific white shrimp from 65 to 130 days of age.

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Health & Welfare

Tail weight, yield traits considered for shrimp-breeding program

To evaluate the value of incorporating tail weight and yield in shrimp-breeding programs, the authors carried out a study to estimate heritabilities and genetic correlations for the traits.

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