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- Lack of essential fatty acids in live feed during larval and post-larval rearing: effect on the performance of juvenile Solea senegalensisPublication . Dâmaso-Rodrigues, M. L.; Pousão-Ferreira, P.; Ribeiro, Laura; Coutinho, J.; Bandarra, N.; Gavaia, Paulo J.; Narciso, L.; Morais, S.Despite the large progress obtained in recent years, Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) production of high quality juveniles is still a bottleneck. This paper examines the effect of larval and post-larval lipid nutrition on juvenile performance and quality. Four dietary treatments were tested: A—enriched Artemia spp. (EA); B—non-enriched Artemia spp. (NEA); C—EA during the pelagic larval period and NEA after larval settlement; D—50% EA and 50% NEA. Juvenile fatty acid profile at 60 days after hatching (DAH) clearly reflected the larval and post-larval diet composition. Feeding sole larvae on NEA (poor in lipids and essential fatty acids-EFA) had a negative effect, reducing growth (total length and dry weight) after 30 DAH and decreasing digestive enzyme activity at the end of the rearing period (60 DAH). However, relatively good performance compared to the EFA-richest treatment (A) was obtained when larvae were fed 50% EA and 50% NEA (D) or even EA only during the pelagic larval period followed by NEA after larval settlement (C). Malpigmentation was not affected by the dietary regimes and its incidence was very low. However, skeletal deformities were prevalent, particularly in the caudal complex, independently of diet. The results confirm that Senegalese sole appear to have lower larval EFA requirements than most cultured marine species and potentially even lower requirements during the post-larval stage. The importance of studying the impact of early nutrition on later juvenile stages was clearly highlighted in this study.
- Co-feeding in Senegalese sole larvae with inert diet from mouth opening promotes growth at weaningPublication . Engrola, S.; Figueira, L.; Conceição, L. E. C.; Gavaia, Paulo J.; Ribeiro, Laura; Dinis, Maria TeresaThe aim of this study was to determine if sole larvae co-fed with inert diet at mouth opening would perform better than larvae fed with live prey and if such a feeding regime would produce better quality juveniles. The experiment was separated in to two phases: pelagic and benthic. In the pelagic phase, treatments consisted of the standard feeding regime (rotifer and Artemia feeding), the standard feeding regime and inert diet, and rotifer for a longer period than the standard feeding regime until larvae reached 9 days after hatching (DAH). By the end of the pelagic phase, when the postlarvae were 20 DAH, sole that were co-fed with inert diet from mouth opening, were significantly smaller in weight than postlarvae fed exclusively with live prey. Sole digestive maturation was improved by co-feeding the inert diet. Survival rates, skeletal deformities and quality evaluation were not affected by the feeding regimes. In the benthic phase, the postlarvae from standard feeding regime (pelagic phase) were separated in to two treatments: standard live Artemia metanauplii until weaning and standard frozen Artemia metanauplii until weaning. Remaining treatments were the follow up of treatments from the pelagic phase. At the end of the experiment i.e. 68 DAH, the postlarvae co-fed with inert diet from mouth opening were significantly larger than all the postlarvae from remaining feeding regimes. The results of the present study demonstrate that it is possible to offer inert diet to sole at mouth opening in a co-feeding regime and to produce better quality postlarvae. Co-fed sole were larger and had a better tail condition at the end of the weaning.