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- Title
Effect of Restricted Feeding Regimes on Compensatory Growth and Body Composition of Red Sea Bream, Pagrus major.
- Authors
Sung-Yong Oh; Choong Hwan Noh; Sung Hwoan Cho
- Abstract
Compensatory growth of red sea bream, Pagrus major, during feed deprivation and after refeeding was investigated. Groups of three fish each were allocated into 28 cages. Fish were fed by a commercial feed to satiation twice a day. Four feeding groups of fish were prepared: one group with continuous feeding (C) for 9 wk and three other groups with feed deprivation for 1 wk (F1) in Week 3, 2 wk (F2) from Week 2 to Week 3, and 3 wk (F3) from Week 1 to Week 3, respectively. All fish in the feed deprivation treatments resumed feeding in Week 4. The full compensatory growth was achieved in F1 and F2 fish after refeeding for the first 3 wk but in F3 fish after refeeding for the second 3 wk. Specific growth rate and feed conversion efficiency in all fish experiencing fasting were higher than those of control fish after first 3 wk of refeeding. At the end of feed deprivation in Week 3, crude protein, crude lipid, and energy content of all fish experiencing fasting were lower than those of the control fish. These results indicated that red sea bream experienced 1-, 2-, and 3-wk fasting could achieve full compensatory growth in the 9-wk feeding trial.
- Subjects
AQUACULTURE; BODY composition of fish; PAGRUS; SPARIDAE; ANIMAL feeding; PROTEINS; LIPIDS
- Publication
Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 2007, Vol 38, Issue 3, p443
- ISSN
0893-8849
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1749-7345.2007.00116.x