The study of some biochemical parameters in the cultured white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) of Boushehr province, Iran

The development of shrimp culture and the needs for monitoring of physiologicalconditions are constantly increasing. Some hemolymph metabolites have been used formonitoring of physiological conditions in wild or cultured shrimp species after exposing todifferent environmental conditions. The present study was desingned to investigate the normal concentrations of the some biochemical hemolymph parameters of white shrimp L. vannamei in Helleh farms of Bushehr Province, Iran. In order to determine hemolymph biochemical parameters, hemolymph sample were obtained from the ventral sinus of 200 L.vannamei fry clinically healthy with average weight of 12.1±3.2 gr and total length of 10.3±1.6 cm. The hemolyph parameters including glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, magnesium, calcium and total protein were determined. The results showed that the mean values±SEM of glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, magnesium, and calcium were 28.0±2.4, 48.1±1.5, 112.2±4.2, 39.8±0.2 and 84.6±1.7 mg/dl, respectively, and the mean value±SEM of total protein was 11.2±0.2 g/dl.