From: Ronaldo Cavalli <Ronaldo.Cavalli@UGent.be>
To: AQUA-L <AQUA-L@LISTSERV.ifmt.nf.ca>
SHIPMENT OF MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII
QUESTION:
To minimize injury and stress during shipment/transport of penaeid
broodstock, animals may be individually confined in porous PVC
plastic tubes. Does anyboby have any experience with the use of this
technique with Macrobrachium rosenbergii broodstock?
Ronaldo Cavalli
University of Gent, Belgium
E-mail: Ronaldo.Cavalli@UGent.be
ANSWER:
Date: 19 Mar 1997
From: Alexandre Alter Wainberg <piau@truenetrn.com.br>
To: AQUA-L@LISTSERV.ifmt.nf.ca
This technique was a routine on 1980 to 1983 when transporting M.carcinus broodstock from Campos to Rio de Janeiro by truck for about 7 hours for Universidade Federal do Rio De Janeiro Research Program. This species is much more agressive than rosenbergii. In 1992 I used the technique to transport ovigerous females of M. rosenbergii from broodstock ponds to hatchery lab without egg losses. You can also make holes on the tubes to enhance water circulation and use mosquito netting to close tube ends.
Alexandre Alter Wainberg
Caixa Postal 36
Goianinha - Rio Grande do Norte
Brazil
CEP 59173-000
Phone/Fax 55-084-5022345
E-mail: piau@truenetrn.com.br
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