FERMENTED AND NON-FERMENTED WHOLE RICE BRAN IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE ROTIFER &lt;i&gt;Brachionus plicatilis&lt;/i&gt;

Lídia Sousa Monteiro,Marcelo Borges Tesser,Anelise Christ-Ribeiro,José María Monserrat,Eliana Badiale Furlong

doi:10.20950/1678-2305.2020.46.2.577

FERMENTED AND NON-FERMENTED WHOLE RICE BRAN IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE ROTIFER <i>Brachionus plicatilis</i>

Lídia Sousa Monteiro, Marcelo Borges Tesser + Show 3 more

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https://doi.org/10.20950/1678-2305.2020.46.2.577

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Abstract

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the use of fermented and non-fermented whole rice bran for rotifer feeding, based on the effects on growth parameters, antioxidant and oxidative damage responses, and water quality. The study was based on three experiments, which compared the effect of different concentrations of non-fermented whole rice bran, the effect of different concentrations of fermented whole rice bran and the effect of the best concentrations of fermented and non-fermented whole rice bran, as well as the replacement of part of the baking yeast by rice bran. The results showed the best growth performances in treatments with 0.7 g yeast with 1.5 g fermented rice bran, 0.35 g yeast with 0.75 g whole rice bran, and 0.35 g yeast with 0.75 g fermented rice bran. Fermentation of rice bran for 6 hours did not induce oxidative stress in rotifers. This work revealed that the use of 1.5 g of fermented bran and replacement of 50% of yeast with fermented or non-fermented rice bran may be used for rotifer feeding, with the additional benefit of improving the environmental quality due to the lower amount of ammonia released in the water.

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In aquaculture, live food is essential for the creation of early life stages of marine fish larvae
The results showed the best growth performances in treatments with 0.7 g yeast with 1.5 g fermented rice bran, 0.35 g yeast with 0.75 g whole rice bran, and 0.35 g yeast with 0.75 g fermented rice bran
This work revealed that the use of 1.5 g of fermented bran and replacement of 50% of yeast with fermented or non-fermented rice bran may be used for rotifer feeding, with the additional benefit of improving the environmental quality due to the lower amount of ammonia released in the water

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Live food is essential for the creation of early life stages of marine fish larvae. Advances in the development of artificial microdiets have reduced dependence on Artemia (Kolkovski, 2013). The use of microdiets to replace or minimize the use of rotifers is not yet a reality for early feeding of most marine fish larvae (Kim et al, 2018). Rotifers are considered non-selective filtering animals, which facilitates their feeding and enables the offer of many different diets, including microalgae, yeast and, inert foods.

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