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5 Conclusion
This experiment showed that the doses of 600 g/m
3
, 1200 g/m
3
and 1500 g/m
3
in rabbit manure provided very
good zooplankton productions. Nevertheless, the doses of 1200 g/m
3
and 1500 g/m
3
could provoke eutrophication
of the culture area. For an optimal production of zooplankton, the dose of 600 g/m
3
in rabbit manure offering the
best conditions for zooplankton production could constitute the optimal dose of dry rabbit manure to be proposed
in controlled area. Being aware that of the major challenges in fish farming is the feeding at different growth
stages, it could be suggested the possibility to adopt different doses of rabbit manure as a function of the
individual height of zooplankton to be produced in majority. Unfortunately, with almost the different doses
applied, it was noted that rotifers were predominant in abundance.
Acknowledgements
We express our gratitude to the Ministry for the Higher Education and Scientific Research of Benin, which set up the project
“support at PhD student” in which this study of research was made. We thank, Azon M.T. Césaire for her contribution to this work,
particularly in data collection. The authors thank also the reviewers for their contribution in improve the scientist quality of this
manuscript.
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