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Impact of fishmeal replacement with Arthrospira platensis on growthperformance, body composition and digestive enzyme activities of thefreshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii
              In this study, we assessed the suitable level of replacement of fishmeal with a blue green microalga,Arthrospira platensis in feed for the post larvae (PL) of the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergiiby evaluating the growth performance, prawn proximate composition, feed utilization parameters andthe activity of digestive enzymes. The prawns were fed 5 different diets: a control diet and 4 differentdiets containing A. platensis at various levels such as 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%. These diets were fed to the PLfor 90 days in triplicates. The growth performance in terms of weight gain, specific growth rate and feedefficiency ratio were found significantly (P < 0.05) higher in the prawns fed with the 50% of A. platensis feedfed group. At this level of 50% replacement, the prawn proximate composition, such as total protein, aminoacids, carbohydrates and lipid contents were significantly (P < 0.05) higher than the control. Similarly,feed utilization parameters, such as feeding rate, absorption rate and conversion rate were significantly(P < 0.05) higher than the control. Added to that, the activity of the digestive enzymes such as protease,amylase and lipase showed the same trend at the level of 50% replacement. The hierarchy of the growthperformance in prawns corresponds to 50 > 25 > 75 > 100% replacement of fishmeal with A. platensis. Theseresults concluded that a partial replacement of the fishmeal with A. platensis at the level of 50% is beneficialfor the growth of prawn M. rosenbergii.
Keywords:ArthrospiraPrawnNutritional utilizationBiochemicalAmino acid            
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