Animal husbandry – Aquatic animal culturing – Crustacean culturing
Patent
1998-05-26
1999-03-30
Price, Thomas
Animal husbandry
Aquatic animal culturing
Crustacean culturing
A01K 6100, A01K 6300
Patent
active
058875484
ABSTRACT:
Described is a process for determining excitants, attractants, incitants and stimulants for members of the Class Crustacea including but not limited to Penaeus setiferus, Penaeus aztecus, Penaeus vannamei and Procambrus clarkii. The apparatus for carrying out the process includes static tank flow-through tank and Y-maze each equipped with variable-focus camera. Also described is a method for exciting and/or attracting and/or stimulating and/or inciting members of the Class Crustacea including but not limited to Penaeus setiferus, Penaeus aztecus and Penaeus vannamei (referred to collectively as Penaeus spp.), as well as Procambrus clarkii, using various dilute aqueous solutions of molecules including but not limited to N-acetyl-D-Glucosamine which is an epimeric mixture of isomers having the structures: ##STR1## as well as feeding compositions of mixtures for feeding members of the Class Crustacea including (i) prior art feeding compositions and admixed therewith (ii) Crustacea Class-exciting and/or attracting and/or stimulating and/or inciting amounts and concentrations of excitants, attractants, stimulants and/or incitants which include molecules including but not limited to the compounds having the structures: ##STR2##
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Cardinale Giampietro
Ellis Jennifer C.
Lee Phillip G.
McCliment Elizabeth A.
Pittet Alan Owen
Board of Regents University of Texas System
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Lieberman Arthur L.
Price Thomas
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