The Effect of Plant Sterols on the Growth, Survival, and Sterol Levels in Macrobrachium Rosenbergii
Abstract
Growth in Macrobrachium rosenbergii was studied using diets in which plant sterol was substituted for cholesterol. Weight changes, mortality, molt cycle, and sterol levels were observed. Results of a study of the effect of increasing the percentage of plant sterol in the diets were inconclusive due to cannibalism among experimental animals. In a subsequent study, all animals were held in separate containers. In that study, a level of 0.5% plant sterol showed no signigicant difference in weight change or molting cycle from the same amount of cholesterol in a prepared diet fed the shrimp. Plant sterols seemed to successfully substitute for cholesterol in this study.
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Program year: 1976-1977Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Citation
Soule, Cynthia (1977). The Effect of Plant Sterols on the Growth, Survival, and Sterol Levels in Macrobrachium Rosenbergii. University Undergraduate Fellows. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -SouleC _1977.