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Effects of graded levels of mineral mixtures (Aquamin® and Agrimin®) supplemented diets on growth, survival, proximate composition, and carcass mineralization of juvenile freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H Milne-Edwards 1844)

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The present study investigated the effects of Aquamin® mineral mixture (AQMM) and Agrimin® mineral mixture (AGMM) supplemented diets on growth and chemical composition of juvenile freshwater prawn Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1844). Experimental diets containing 6 different AQMM levels (Trial 1: 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5%) and 6 different AGMM levels (Trial 2: 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5%) were formulated to feed juvenile prawn [initial body weight of 0.82 ± 0.05 g (Trial 1) and 1.24 ± 0.03 g (Trial 2)] for 60 days. Prawn fed diets containing 1.0% of AQMM and AGMM showed significantly increased (P < 0.05) survival rate, weight gain, specific growth rate, protein efficiency ratio, edible flesh weight, and proximate composition (moisture, crude protein, crude fat, and ash), while feed intake and feed conversion ratio were significantly decreased (P < 0.05). Whereas, 1.5-2.5% of AQMM- and AGMM-supplemented diets fed prawn showed a reverse trend when comparing other groups. Moreover, the minerals (macro elements: Ca, P, Mg, Na, and K; trace elements: Cu, Zn, and Fe) were significantly increased (P < 0.05) in the carcass of prawn when fed with 2.5% AQMM- and AGMM-supplemented diets. The present results suggest that the optimal dietary supplementation of AQMM and AGMM at a concentration of up to 1.06 and 1.02%, respectively (based on polynomial regression analysis), improved growth and enhanced the crude protein level of juvenile prawn.

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The authors highly acknowledge the UGC-SAP-DRS-II (F.3-9/2013[SAP-II], Department of Science and Technology-Fund for Improvement of Science and Technology Infrastructure (DST-FIST)-Level-I (stage-II) (Ref. No. SR/FST/LSI-647/2015(C) Date.11.08.2016) and Department of Science and Technology Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (DST PURSE Phase - II) (Ref. No. SR/PURSE PHASE 2/16(G) /& 16(C) Date. 21.02.2017) for the instrumentation facility to the Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India. The authors also thank “RUSA, 2.0- Biological Sciences, BDU.” The second author would like to thank the DST-SERB, Govt. of India, for granting National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (DST-SERB N-PDF, File No. PDF/2016/003501; Dated, 28.03.2017). The mention of trademarks or proprietary products does not reflect Bharathidasan University’s approval of such products. It does not imply its authorization to exclude other products that may also be appropriate.

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Thirumurugan Ramasamy: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, and writing—review and editing. Srinivasan Veeran: formal analysis, data curation, and writing—review and editing. Arun Sridhar: investigation, data curation, and writing—review and editing. Rajkumar Krishnasamy Sekar: formal analysis and data curation. Dinesh Babu Manikandan: writing—review and editing. Manikandan Arumugam: formal analysis and data curation. Subramanian Periasamy: resources, project administration, supervision, and validation.

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Ramasamy, T., Veeran, S., Sridhar, A. et al. Effects of graded levels of mineral mixtures (Aquamin® and Agrimin®) supplemented diets on growth, survival, proximate composition, and carcass mineralization of juvenile freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H Milne-Edwards 1844). Trop Anim Health Prod 53, 119 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-021-02558-w

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