Ventajas y desventajas del uso de vitamina c (acido ascórbico) en el cultivo de camarón (litopenaeus vannamei)

Abstract

Ecuador throughout history has been characterized as one of the largest producers of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) worldwide, likewise, it has been called internationally as "The best shrimp in the world" due to its nutritional quality, high quality organoleptic properties. Shrimp farming in Ecuador has gone through one of the most disastrous stages in terms of production, one of the without problems is the appearance of diseases where the prevalence was manifested in the time of the 2000s due to the white spot. The use of inputs that has manifested itself in shrimp farming as a result of the "White Spot" is vitamin C or "Ascorbic acid". Vitamin C has been used thanks to the different parameters that benefit and enhance the cultures of aquatic organisms. The use of vitamin C helps tissue regeneration, reduces stress in aquatic organism cultures, and also helps disinfect water. Within the cultivation of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) among the best-known advantages we have: help in each process as an anti-stress, chloride regulator, tissue regenerator, strengthening of mineral exchanges. Among the disadvantages currently it can be said that it occurs due to poor management, within these is the deficiency of vitamin C for growth, the overdose in the improvement of water quality with respect to chlorides. One of the exclusive disadvantages is black death. Forming necrosis of both the muscle and the exoskeleton.