Native freshwater prawn nutrition
Investigating what the native freshwater prawn needs to eat for healthy growth in culture.
Research focus
Nutritional requirements of the native freshwater prawn.
Publications from this line
Frías-Gómez, S.A., Hernández, H.L.H., Powell, M.S., Álvarez-González, C.A., Cortés-Jacinto, E., Cigarroa-Ruiz, L., Arellano-Carrasco, G.(2023)Effect of dietary protein, lipid and carbohydrate ratio on growth, digestive and antioxidant enzyme activity of prawn Macrobrachium acanthurusAquaculture Reports 30: 101578
Frías-Gómez, S.A., Powell, M.S., Álvarez-González, C.A., Hernández, H.L.H.(2023)Growth performance and gene expression of FAS, CPT1, G6P, and HK in juveniles of freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium acanthurus, fed diets with different levels of protein, lipids, and carbohydratesJournal of the World Aquaculture Society (accepted, in press)
De los Santos, R.R., Álvarez-González, A., Peña-Marín, E., Corte, J.E., Hernández, H.L.H., García-Guerrero, M.(2022)Variations of digestive enzymatic activity of the longarm river prawn, Macrobrachium tenellum (Smith 1871) adapted from the wild to culture with prepared mealsJournal of the World Aquaculture Society 53: 681-692
Varela-Granados, Y., Frías-Gómez, S.A., Hernández, H.L.H., Powell, M.S., Vega-Villasante, F.(2021)Effects of mannan oligosaccharides and fructooligosaccharides on the growth and nonspecific immune responses of juvenile freshwater prawn Macrobrachium acanthurusLatin American Journal of Aquatic Research 49: 299-306
Frías-Gómez, S.A., Powell, M.S., Hernández, H.L.H.(2020)Advances in the nutrition of the prawn Macrobrachium acanthurusIn: Investigación e Innovación en Nutrición Acuícola. UANL, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico. pp. 284-293
Original title in Spanish
Avance en nutrición del langostino Macrobrachium acanthurus
Vargas-Ceballos, M.A., Badillo-Zapata, D., Chong-Carrillo, O., Ponce-Palafox, J.T., Hernández, H.L.H., Vega-Villasante, F.(2020)Intake of different food sources in the first stages of Macrobrachium tenellum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 48: 156-161
Hernández, A.G.Y., Hernández, H.L.H., Fernández, A.M.A.(2018)Effects of different concentrations of dietary lipids on the egg production and egg quality produced by females of Macrobrachium acanthurusLatin American Journal of Aquatic Research 46: 518-524
Villafuerte, M.A., Hernández, H.L.H., Fernández, A.M.A., Ángeles, L.O.(2016)A contribution to the understanding of the nutritional requirements of the native prawn Macrobrachium acanthurus (Wiegmann, 1836)Hidrobiológica 26 (1): 15-23
Original title in Spanish
Contribución al conocimiento de los requerimientos nutricionales del langostino nativo Macrobrachium acanthurus (Wiegmann, 1836)
Hernández, H.L.H., Padilla, B.A.J., Fernández, A.M.A., Ángeles, L.O.(2015)Advances in the nutritional requirements of native freshwater prawnsIn: Nutrición Acuícola: Investigación y Desarrollo. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. pp. 82-93
Original title in Spanish
Avances en requerimientos nutricionales de langostinos nativos
Related thesis topics
The team named these topics without authorship or year. They are listed as they are, and will be completed as the data comes in.
Performance of various animal- and plant-based meals in prawns
Original title in Spanish
Desempeño de diversas harinas, animales y vegetales, en langostinos
How well prawns grow with different food sources.
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