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| De Verdal, Hugues; Mekkawy, Wagdy; Lind, Curtis E.; Vandeputte, Marc; Chatain, Beatrice; Benzie, John A. H.. |
| Estimating individual feed intake of fish held in groups has long been a challenge precluding precise knowledge of the individual variation of feed efficiency (FE) in fish. In this study, counts of the number of feed pellets (1.63 mg on average) eaten by individual tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) held in 8 mixed sex groups of 15 fish were measured from video recordings made over a period of 10 days where fish were fed twice daily to achieve compensatory growth after 10 days of fasting. The initial body weight of the fish was 9.77 ± 2.03 g. Accumulated measures of feed intake (FI) over 11 meals were found to achieve 95% repeatability and a high accuracy of estimation of FI. During the FI measurement period, the average fish growth was 12.0 ± 3.6 g, feed... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00357/46832/46707.pdf |
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| De Verdal, Hugues; Vandeputte, Marc; Mekkawy, Wagdy; Chatain, Beatrice; Benzie, John A. H.. |
| Background: Improving feed efficiency in fish is crucial at the economic, social and environmental levels with respect to developing a more sustainable aquaculture. The important contribution of genetic improvement to achieve this goal has been hampered by the lack of accurate basic information on the genetic parameters of feed efficiency in fish. We used video assessment of feed intake on individual fish reared in groups to estimate the genetic parameters of six growth traits, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and residual feed intake in 40 pedigreed families of the GIFT strain of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. Feed intake and growth were measured on juvenile fish (22.4g mean body weight) during 13 consecutive meals, representing 7days of... |
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Palavras-chave: Feed conversion ratio; Tilapia; Heritability; Genetic estimations; Correlations. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00469/58115/60551.pdf |
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| Rodde, Charles; Vandeputte, Marc; Allal, Francois; Besson, Mathieu; Clota, Frederic; Vergnet, Alain; Benzie, John A. H.; De Verdal, Hugues. |
| Using breeding programs to improve feed efficiency, the ratio between fish body weight gain (BWG) and feed intake (FI), could increase aquaculture sustainability through reduced feed costs and environmental impact. To this end, individual phenotypic information is required. Individual FI can be measured by isolating each fish. Under these conditions, restricting the feeding rate has proved relevant to improve feed efficiency indirectly by selecting faster-growing animals. Moreover, a restricted feeding rate reduces the work load of collecting uneaten pellets after each meal. The approach assumes the most efficient fish at high and low feeding rates are the same, but this assumption remains untested. In European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), feed... |
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Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Individual rearing; Feed efficiency; Feeding rate; Fasting tolerance; Sea bass. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00654/76614/77767.pdf |
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