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LIVE FOOD ORGANISMS [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

live food organisms: Small living organisms mostly fed to larvae of fish and shellfish (directly or indirectly), such as microalgae, rotifers, copepods, Daphnia, brine shrimp (meta-)nauplii and mollusc trochophores ...

OBS

[Their] mass culture is widely used in the industrial larviculture of marine fishes, molluscs and shrimps.

OBS

live food organism; live feed organism: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • live food organisms
  • live feed organisms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

organismes alimentaires vivants : Petits organismes vivants utilisés principalement pour l'alimentation (directe ou indirecte) de larves de poissons, de mollusques et de crustacés, tels que microalgues, rotifères, copépodes, daphnies, (meta-)nauplii d'artémia et trochophores de mollusques [...]

OBS

[Leur] élevage en masse est largement utilisé en larviculture industrielle de poissons marins, de mollusques et de crustacés.

OBS

organisme alimentaire vivant; proie vivante : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • organismes alimentaires vivants
  • proies vivantes

Spanish

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