Hanle Zhang, R. Sun, Wei Xu
2016
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Aquaculture
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Abstract A 9-week feeding trial was conducted to determine the dietary manganese (Mn) requirement of juvenile large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea (Richardson, 1846) (initial mean weight 7.71 ± 0.02 g). Manganese sulfate monohydrate (MnSO 4 ·H 2 O) was added to the semi-purified basal diet to prepare 6 experimental diets with graded levels of Mn (2.33, 7.63, 13.16, 18.27, 24.05 and 41.79 mg/kg, respectively). Results showed that the specific growth rate (SGR), feed efficiency (FE), Mn concentrations in whole-body, liver and vertebra, and activities of hepatic Mn superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) and total SOD (T-SOD) were significantly improved by dietary Mn supplementation ( P P P Statement of relevance This study is not a test of commercial aquaculture.