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Resumo: Este estudo avaliou a metodologia dos isótopos estáveis de carbono como um método alternativo e mais apurado para determinar o tempo de trânsito gastrointestinal (TTG) em juvenis de pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus), em comparação ao método convencional com a adição de marcadores de contraste na dieta. Foram utilizados 320 juvenis estocados em 32 tanques, que receberam duas dietas, uma baseada em ingredientes do ciclo fotossintético C3 e outra baseada em ingredientes de origem C4, ambas contendo marcador inerte óxido de titânio (para tornar as fezes esbranquiçadas) e cultivados em duas temperaturas de água, 25 e 29 ºC. Após 40 dias, as dietas foram trocadas: os animais que recebiam a dieta C3 passaram a receber a dieta C4 (C3/C4) e vice-versa (C4/C3). As novas dietas continham marcador inerte óxido de crômio, para determinar o TTG através das duas metodologias: a convencional que utiliza marcadores de contraste e outra, sugerida neste estudo, por meio dos isótopos estáveis de carbono. As fezes foram coletadas por extrusão manual durante um período de 30 horas após a troca das dietas. Na metodologia dos marcadores inertes, as fezes receberam notas de 0; 0,25; 0,50; 0,75 e 1,00 de acordo com a intensidade da mudança de coloração de branco para verde escuro. Na metodologia dos isótopos estáveis, as fezes foram analisadas para determinação da mudança da razão isotópica de carbono-13. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi inteiramente casualizado com quatro tratamentos e oito réplicas. Os dados obtidos de desempenho produtivo foram submetidos à análise de variância (ANOVA), seguida pelo teste de Tukey (α = 0,05), quando detectadas diferenças significativas. Os dados de TTG obtidos em ambas as metodologias avaliadas foram analisados... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This study evaluated the stable carbon isotopes as an alternative and more accurate methodology to determine the gastrointestinal transit time (GTT) in pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) compared with the conventional method with addition contrast markers in the diet. 320 juveniles were equally distributed in 32 tanks. These tanks were divided in two feedings groups containing titanium oxide as inert marker in their diets (to induce white feces). One group was fed with diets based on 03 photosynthetic cycle plants, while the other group was fed with diets based on 04 plants. Both feeding treatments were subdivided in two water temperatures cultures, 25 and 29 °C. After 40 days we changed the diets: animals that had been fed with 03 diets were then fed with 04 diets (03/04) and vice versa (04/03). The new diets had chromium oxide as inert marker to determine the GTT through both methodologies: the conventional one which uses contrast markers, and other, suggested in this study, using stable carbon isotopes. Feces were collected by manual extrusion during 30 hours period after diet change. For the inert markers methodology the feces were graded in 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.00 accordingly to the intensity of the color pattern that ranges from white to dark green. For the stable isotopes methodology the feces were analyzed to determine the change in the isotopic ratio of carbon-13. We conducted a completely randomized experimental design with four treatments and eight replicates. Data obtained from performance were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey test (a = 0.05), when significant differences were detected. GTT data, of both methodologies, were analyzed accordingly to the Boltzmann sigmoidal regression model. The average of water temperatures... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Orientador: Dalton José Carneiro / Coorientador: Eduardo Gianini Abimorad / Banca: Rosângela Kiyoko Jomori Bonichelli / Banca: Leonardo Susumu Takahashi / Mestre