Health & Welfare
Zero-exchange demonstration posts good results in Nicaragua
The Nicaragua Small Shrimp Producer Assistance Program built a closed, zero water-exchange shrimp production system to demonstrate the concepts and practices.
Health & Welfare
Dietary levels of fishmeal, fish oil affect shrimp growth
Authors evaluated how limiting dietary essential amino acids and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids would affect the growth performance of white shrimp raised in a zero-water-exchange biofloc system. The shrimp were fed diets with varied levels of fishmeal and fish oil and supplemented with soy products.
Health & Welfare
Zero water exchange
L. vannamei can be raised at high densities and zero water exchange with acceptable survival, growth and yields while minimizing water-borne diseases.
Health & Welfare
Zero-exchange shrimp production: Success in WSSV-infected Panama
Results showed it is possible to grow shrimp in areas of Panama where WSSV is endemic, using biosecure, intensive systems.