Compensatory growth, condition and food utilization in barbel  Barbus barbus  juveniles reared at different feeding periodicities with a dry diet | Zendy

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Compensatory growth, condition and food utilization in barbel Barbus barbus juveniles reared at different feeding periodicities with a dry diet

Author(s) -

Myszkowski L.

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of fish biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 115

eISSN - 1095-8649

pISSN - 0022-1112

DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03482.x

Subject(s) - barbel , biology , juvenile , barbus , zoology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , body weight , compensatory growth (organ) , ecology , cyprinidae , endocrinology , kidney

In a 40 day experiment, barbel Barbus barbus juveniles were fed a dry diet continuously, or food was withheld for 2, 5 or 10 days, and then resumed feeding. Improved feed utilization efficiency allowed fish deprived of food for 2 or 5 days to fully compensate for body mass loss. Short‐term food deprivation as a method of preventing negative effects of overfeeding in intensive rearing of juvenile B. barbus is proposed.

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