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| Rodde, Charles; Chatain, Beatrice; Vandeputte, Marc; Quoc Trinh, Trong; Benzie, John A.h.; De Verdal, Hugues. |
| Feed conversion ratio (FCR), the ratio between feed intake and body weight gain, is of major interest for improving aquaculture sustainability through reduced feed costs and environmental impacts. Demonstrating whether FCR measured in juvenile fish is an accurate predictor of their performance during the whole rearing period is critical to developing genetic improvement programs for this trait. This is especially true for estimates obtained in individually reared fish, for which this has high implications regarding the size of the necessary rearing structures. We obtained individual FCR from 30 male Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus from the GIFT strain individually reared in a recirculating system, from 36 to 260 g mean weight. They were fed twice a day... |
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Palavras-chave: Feed efficiency; GIFT tilapia; Individual rearing; Selective breeding. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00630/74175/73757.pdf |
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| De Verdal, Hugues; O'Connell, Catherine Maeve; Mekkawy, Wagdy; Vandeputte, Marc; Chatain, Beatrice; Bégout, Marie-laure; Benzie, John A.h.. |
| Given the strong effects of behavioural hierarchies on growth in many cultured species and the key role of feed efficiency in aquaculture economics, understanding the nature of the interaction of these variables is important for the sustainability of aquaculture. The relationship between agonistic behaviour, growth and feed efficiency in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, was studied by rearing 120 fish in eight aquaria. Fish were video-recorded to estimate the occurrence of agonistic behaviour during a fasting and a refeeding period. Growth, feed intake and feed conversion efficiency (FCE - calculated as the inverse of feed conversion ratio (FCR)) were subsequently measured individually for each fish. Fish showed 58% less agonistic traits during the... |
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Palavras-chave: Agonstic behaviour; Feed efficiency; Nile tilapia; Performances; Correlation. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00483/59495/62363.pdf |
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