Uso de buenas practicas acuicolas para la salud animal del chame o chalaco <i>dormitator latifrons</i> en cautivero

Abstract

This research focuses on determining what are the good aquaculture practices to take care of animal health in the cultivation of chame (Dormitator latifrons), and identify what are the limitations of the culture and what pathologies weaken it. Bearing in mind that there are currently few studies on animal health and the cultivation of this species at different densities, feeding levels or cultivation nodes, it is important to recognize that it has exceptional characteristics for its production such as rapid growth, short food chain, it adapts easily to feedstuffs of other farmed species such as shrimp and tilapia, in addition to being resistant to diseases, it has a great capacity to adapt to wide environmental variables. The chame is a quite feasible cultivation alternative, since its technology can be developed to achieve high production densities, which would allow it to satisfy the national and international market, but this cultivation at high densities is conducive to the appearance of diseases or different pathologies. that affect their development and growth, due to this, good aquaculture practices must be promoted that allow the development of a healthy and profitable crop. The success of the cultivation of this species was clearly the way in which the cultivation was developed, from obtaining the fingerlings to the harvest and delivery of the final product, it is important to emphasize that there must be an adequate cultivation and animal health protocol, with good aquaculture practices. In this work, some aquaculture practices for the cultivation of this species are detailed.