Research Article

Dietary Supplement of Microalgal Astaxanthin Extraction Improved Shell Pigmentation and Nutritional Value of Litopenaeus vannamei in an Indoor Industrial Aquaculture System

Table 2

Performance of shrimp (initial weight and length:  g,  cm) fed with MAAE or control diet for 30 days.

FBWWGNPUFCRSurvival

MAAEaaaa98%
Controlaaaa97%

Abbreviations: FBW: final body weight (g); WG: . NPU: . FCR: . Note: fifty shrimps were randomly selected to measure the body length and body weight for calculation. Data with different superscripts in the same column indicate significant differences ().