02355naa a2200349 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400430007410000180011724501440013526000090027952013470028865000250163565000110166065000210167165000130169265000150170565300160172065300240173670000220176070000220178270000130180470000230181770000180184070000220185870000190188070000220189970000170192170000240193877300430196220852742018-01-15       2017    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a0044-84867 a10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.02.0082DOI1 aPANINI, R. L.  aPotential use of mealworms as an alternative protein source for Pacific white shrimpbDigestibility and performance.h[electronic resource]  c2017  aMealworm meal (MM) was evaluated for its potential as a future protein source for the farmed shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. The apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) were determined using a reference diet and a test diet that contained 85% reference diet and 15% MM, both contained 0.5% chromic oxide as an inert marker. Subsequently, considering the digestible values of MM, after six weeks of culture under clear water using five diets containing different levels of fishmeal replaced byMM(0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%), the growth parameters and the whole shrimp body composition were evaluated. The values of the ADC were: 45.9% for dry matter, 66.5% for energy and 76.1% for crude proteinwhile the ADC for essential amino acids ranged from72% to 86%. Methionine was the first limiting amino acid inMM.Weight gain, specific growth rate, feed intake, feed conversion, survival and protein retentionwere not affectedwhen fishmeal was replaced byMM (P N 0.05). The protein content of the shrimp body showed no significant differences (P N 0.05) between the treatments. However, lipid content of the shrimp body increased from1.13% to 1.88% when fishmealwas replaced byMM. These results suggest that mealworm meal can be utilized as an alternative protein source for L. vannamei juveniles, although methionine should be added as a supplement.  aLitopenaeus vannamei  aShrimp  aTenebrio molitor  aCamarão  aNutrição  aInsect meal  aProtein replacement1 aFREITAS, L. E. L.1 aGUIMARÃES, A. M.1 aRIOS, C.1 aSILVA, M. F. O. da1 aVIEIRA, F. N.1 aFRACALOSSI, D. M.1 aSAMUELS, R. I.1 aPRUDÊNCIO, E. S.1 aSILVA, C. P.1 aAMBONI, R. D. M. C.  tAquaculturegv. 473, p. 115-120, 2017.