The improved health of shrimp broodstock bred in BFT could
contribute to their better reproductive performance. Indeed, females
from BFT produced more eggs and spawn more frequently than
their counterparts bred in CW. This confirms our previous results
obtained by comparing the broodstock reared extensively in
earthen ponds with those from BFT (Chim et al., 2010) and the results
obtained by Emerenciano et al. (2013) for the shrimp Farfantepenaeus
duorarum.