GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF TRANSFECTION TIGER SHRIMP BROODSTOCK Penaeus monodon IN DIFFERENT GENERATION
<p><em>Diseases resistant genes assemblage for </em><em>tiger shrimp has been initiated by </em><em>The Research Institute for Coastal Aquaculture </em><em>i</em><em>n co</em><em>llabo</em><em>ration with Bogor Agricultural Institute</em><em>, </em><em>through</em><em> </em><em>transgenesis</em><em> approach under </em><em>anti-virus gene</em><em>s</em><em> transfection. The study aim</em><em>ed</em><em> to evaluate the growth </em><em>performance of broodstock candidates of tiger shrimp </em><em>at different generati on (F<sub>0</sub> and F<sub>1</sub>). This research was conducted at </em><em>2000 m<sup>2</sup>size </em><em>of four po</em><em>nds</em><em> in Takalar Regency, South Sulawesi</em><em>.</em><em><sup>. </sup></em><em>T</em><em>he treatment</em><em> was</em><em> differen</em><em>t</em><em> generations </em><em>of </em><em>broodstocks, which were: broodstocks originated from F<sub>0</sub></em><em></em><em>generation</em><em>,</em><em> (A) and F<sub>1</sub> (B)</em><em>. The 22.63 to 28.57 g of broodstock candidates were stocked </em><em>0.5 ind</em><em>.</em><em>m</em><em><sup>-</sup></em><em><sup>2</sup></em><em> and then reared for 128</em><em> days. During rearing period</em><em>, these</em><em> shrimp </em><em>were </em><em>fed</em><em> usingcommercial </em><em>pelle</em><em>ted feed</em><em> with content 36-38% of protein in dosage of 10-4%/ </em><em>body weight. Feeding frequency was </em><em>applied </em><em>in the morning and in the evening.</em><em> </em><em>Measured variables were </em><em>growth, size distribution, survival rate and w</em><em>ater </em><em>quality </em><em>T</em><em>he results indicated that the performances of these shrimps, growth, size distributions as well as survival rates between these F<sub>0</sub> and F<sub>1</sub> were not significantly different (p>0.05).</em><em> </em><em>The growth pattern was relatively equal between treatment during rearing period. Survival rate of tiger shrimp in this study ranged from 51.7 to 73.35%. This study have implications on the provision of superior broodstock shrimp in ponds in order to support the sustainability of shrimp seed production in hatchery.</em><em></em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><strong><em>Keywords: </em></strong><em>broodstock, production, transgenic, tiger shrimp</em>