<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2079-3480</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cuban J. Agric. Sci.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2079-3480</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial del Instituto de Ciencia Animal]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2079-34802019000400395</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Nutritional characterization of biofloc developed with water from the Ecuadorian Pacific for growing Litopenaeus vannamei]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización nutricional del biofloc desarrollado con agua del Pacífico ecuatoriano para el cultivo de Litopenaeus vannamei.]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ibarra Mayorga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eulalia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Llanes Iglesias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. E.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bárbara]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Técnica de Manabí  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Portoviejo]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Empresa de Desarrollo de Tecnologías Acuícolas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Ciencia Animal  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Mayabeque]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>53</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>395</fpage>
<lpage>402</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2079-34802019000400395&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2079-34802019000400395&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2079-34802019000400395&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine the bromatological and amino acid composition of biofloc generated in the macrocosm tank for growing Litopenaeus vannamei with water from the Ecuadorian Pacific. Thalassisira sp. microalgae was inoculated to form the macrocosm (1.4 x 106 mL / L) and 40 shrimp/m2 with an average weight of 12.7 ± 1.2 g were placed, as well as commercial food with 35% protein. To guarantee bacterial growth, a C:N ratio of 20:1 was maintained through the contribution of sugar cane molasses and nitrogen from the feed. The biofloc showed high protein levels (36.53%), low lipid contribution (0.97%) and high ash values &#8203;&#8203;(33.39%). There was presence of all amino acids, the highest levels were found for leucine, arginine, valine, threonine and phenylalanine. In contrast, tryptophan was the one with the lowest concentration and the lowest chemical score (0.56), resulting in the first limiting amino acid. Likewise, the isoleucine (0.70) and lysine (0.80) scores indicated that they were limiting amino acids of the biofloc that was produced. The index of biofloc essential amino acids was 0.89, which classifies as useful protein material. This study allows to conclude that the biofloc generated with Ecuadorian Pacific water presented an adequate protein quality, in terms of its amino acid composition, chemical score and essential amino acid index, so it can serve as a supplement to the balanced food for growing shrimp with biofloc technology.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El trabajo tuvo como objetivo determinar la composición bromatológica y aminoacídica del biofloc generado en el tanque macrocosmos para el cultivo de Litopenaeus vannamei con agua del Pacífico ecuatoriano. Para la conformación del macrocosmos se inoculó la microalga Thalassisira sp. (1.4 x 106 mL/L) y se colocaron 40 camarones/m2 con peso promedio de 12.7 ± 1.2 g y alimento comercial con 35 % de proteína. Para garantizar el crecimiento bacteriano se mantuvo una relación C: N de 20:1 mediante el aporte de melaza de caña y el nitrógeno procedente del pienso. El biofloc que se generó presentó altos niveles de proteína (36.53 %), bajo aporte en lípidos (0.97 %) y altos valores de cenizas (33.39 %). Hubo presencia de todos los aminoácidos, los mayores tenores se encontraron para la leucina, arginina, valina, treonina y fenilalanina. Por el contrario del triptófano que fue el que presentó la menor concentración y el menor score químico (0.56) resultando el primer aminoácido limitante. De igual forma, los scores de la isoleucina (0.70) y la lisina (0.80) indicaron que fueron aminoácidos limitantes del biofloc que se produjo. El índice de aminoácidos esenciales del biofloc fue de 0.89, lo que clasifica como material proteico útil. Este estudio permite concluir que el biofloc que se generó con agua del Pacífico ecuatoriano presentó una adecuada calidad proteica, en cuanto a su composición aminoacídica, score químico e índice de aminoácidos esenciales de ahí, que puede servir de suplemento al alimento balanceado para el cultivo de camarón con tecnología biofloc.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[flocs]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[white shrimp]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[amino acids]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[bromatological composition]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[flóculos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[camarón blanco]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[aminoácidos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[composición bromatológica]]></kwd>
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