Fatty acid composition in a cultured marine harpacticoid, Amphiascoides neglectus

• Main Authors: Kassim, Zaleha, Mat Nasir, Nasiratul Shahida, Hasnan, Hazwani Hanim, Jauhad, Kamaruddin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Knowledge Transfer Programme © Knowledge Transfer Centre 2017
• Subjects: QL Zoology; SF Animal culture
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/59406/1/59406_Fatty%20Acid%20Composition%20in%20a%20Cultured.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/59406/; http://www.ckt.usm.my/index.php/proceeding
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Lipid content especially fatty acids are used by animals for their growth, reproduction and neural development particularly in zooplankton and fish. Thus, it is important to produce live feed copepods with reasonable fatty acids content for aquaculture use. This information and technique is pla...