Aspectos nutricionales del pescado blanco de Pátzcuaro (Chirostoma estor estor Jordan, 1879)
Abstract
The silver side from Patzcuaro lake in central Mexico is an species with a great regional importance. Its prices are
impressive high in the local markets. Unfortunately the high fisheries pressure and the pollution of their environment
have become the species in danger. A lot of effort has been done to develop their pilot culture. The present paper
describes the advances in feeding and nutrition of those important fish. The studies of the feeding anatomy of the
species permitted classify it as a carnivorous zooplantofagous fish, that occasionally feed small fishes and
crustaceans when adult. Studies on the enzymatic activities in a stomach less intestinal tract, with a high pH, show
that chemiotrypsin is the most important enzyme; the activity for this enzyme for the day 20Th after hatching ( higher
of 15,000 mU/mg) overtakes the values for the same enzyme activities (900mU/mg) for Morone saxatilis, a
carnivorous fish with stomach. Studies to determine the protein requirements for Chirostoma estor estor shown 42%
protein requirement in the diet with the best survival and best growth. Other studies to determine the vitamin C
requirements shown that juveniles have a requiremet of 93.2mg vitamin C / Kg of feed. In terms of fatty acid
requirements, the species shown a high capacity to convert EPA or other omega 3 fatty acids to DHA. The high
levels of DHA and EPA in the flesh makes this fish a very important species for human nutrition unless it is a fresh
water species
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