Effect of feeding frequency on growth, survival and feed utilization in mrigal, Cirrhinus mrigala, and rohu, Labeo rohita, during nursery rearing

Biswas, Gouranga; Jena, J. K.; Singh, Shailja; Patmajhi, P.; Muduli, H K

doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.08.001

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“…This could also be corroborated with the higher organic carbon and available soil phosphorus values. Plankton density in our study is comparable with the findings of Biswas, Jena and Singh () and Sahu et al . ().…”

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Growth and production of endangered Indian butter catfish,Ompok bimaculatus(Bloch) at different stocking densities in earthen ponds

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Growth, survival and production of endangered Indian butter catfish (Ompok bimaculatus) fingerlings were examined at different stocking densities. The experiment was conducted for 8 months in nine earthen ponds having an area of 0.03 ha each. 30-day-old fingerling, stocked at 40 000 ha À1 was designated as treatment-1 (T1), 50 000 ha À1 as treatment-2 (T2) and 60 000 ha À1 as treatment-3 (T3). At stocking, all fingerlings were of same age group with a mean length and weight of 3.36 AE 0.08 cm and weight of 0.83 AE 0.02 g respectively. Fish in all the treatments were fed with a mixture of rice bran (50%), mustard oil cake (30%), fish meal (19%) and vitamin-mineral premix (1%). Physicochemical parameters, plankton populations and soil parameters were at the optimum level for fish culture. Highest weight gain was observed in T1 and lowest in T3. Final length, weight and survival of fish also followed the same trend as weight gain. Highest specific growth rate was observed in T1 followed by T2 and T3. Feed conversion ratio was significantly lower in T1 followed by T2 and T3 in that order. Significantly higher amount of fish was produced in T1 than T2 and T3 respectively. Higher net benefit was obtained from T1 than from T2 and T3. Overall, the highest growth, survival and benefit of fish were obtained at a density of 40 000 fingerlings ha À1 . Hence, of the three stocking densities, 40 000 fingerlings ha À1 appears to be the most suitable stocking density for culturing of Indian butter catfish in grow-out system.

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Growth and production of endangered Indian butter catfish,Ompok bimaculatus(Bloch) at different stocking densities in earthen ponds

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“…Several studies have been carried out to evaluate the effect of feeding frequency on the growth, survival, feed intake, body composition, among other parameters, in different fish species (Kiron and Paulraj 1990;Webster et al 1992;Dwyer et al 2002;Biswas et al 2006). A great deal of past research has focused on determining the optimum ration level of various culturable finfish species, such as rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Wurtsbaugh and Davis 1977), Clarias batrachus (Hassan and Jafri 1994), tropical bagrid catfish Mystus nemurus (Ng et al 2000), yellowtail flounder Limanda ferruginea (Puvanendran et al 2003), barramundi Lates calcarifer (Tian and Qin 2004), Chinese longsnout catfish Leiocassis longirostris (Han et al 2004), mrigal, Cirrhinus mrigala (Khan et al 2004), sharpsnout seabream Diplodus puntazzo (Rondan et al 2004), chinook salmon Onchorhynchus tshawytscha (Kiessling et al 2005), Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (El-Saidy and Gaber 2005), rainbow trout O. mykiss (Bureau et al 2006) and cuneate drum Nibea miichthioides (Wang et al 2007).…”

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Optimum ration level for better growth, conversion efficiencies and body composition of fingerling Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)

Khan

Abidi

2008

Aquacult Int

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The effects of ration levels on growth, conversion efficiencies and body composition of fingerling Heteropneustes fossilis (6.8 ± 0.04 cm, 5.0 ± 0.02 g) were studied by feeding isonitrogenous (40% crude protein) and isocaloric (19.06 MJ kg -1 gross energy) diets representing 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9% of the body weight (BW) day -1 to triplicate groups of fish . Growth performance of the fish fed at the various ration levels was evaluated on the basis of live weight gain percentage (LWG%), feed conversion ratio (FCR), specific growth rate percentage (SGR%), protein retention efficiency (PRE%) and energy retention efficiency (ERE%) data. Maximum LWG% and SGR were obtained at a feeding rate of 7% BW day -1 , whereas best FCR (1.6), PRE% and ERE% were recorded at a feeding rate of 5% BW day -1 . Maximum body protein was also obtained for the group receiving the diet representing 5% of their body weight. However, a linear increase in fat content was noted with the increase in ration levels up to 7% BW day -1 . The SGR, FCR, PRE and ERE data were also analyzed using second-degree polynomial regression analysis to obtain more precise information on ration level, with the results showing that the optimal ration for these parameters was 6.8, 6.1, 5.9 and 6.2% BW day -1 , respectively. Based on the above second-degree polynomial regression analysis, the optimum ration level for better growth, conversion efficiencies and body composition of fingerling H. fossilis was found to be in the range of 5.9-6.8% of the BW day -1 , corresponding to 2.36-2.72 g protein and 88.20-101.66 MJ digestible energy kg -1 diet day -1 .

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“…The fish accept a wide variety of agricultural by-products in the form of pelleted or dough feed. Several studies have been carried out on the development of formulated feed for the species under controlled culture system (Mohanty et al 1995, Mukhopadhyay and Ray 1999, Mukhopadhyay and Ray 2001, Khan et al 2004, Biswas et al 2006. In almost all these studies, ingredients, such as fishmeal, soybean meal, and ground-nut oil cake were liberally used.…”

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Supplementation of four non-conventional aquatic weeds to the basal diet of <I>Catla catla</I> and <I>Cirrhinus mrigala</I> fingerlings: Effect on growth, protein utilization and body composition of fish

Kalita¹,

Mukhopadhyay²,

Mukherjee³

2008

Acta Icth et Piscat

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. 2008. Supplementation of four non-conventional aquatic weeds to the basal diet of Catla catla and Cirrhinus mrigala fingerlings: Effect on growth, protein utilization and body composition of fish. Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 38 (1): 21-27.Background. Our previous study has shown that four aquatic weeds viz. Asian watermoss, Salvinia cucullata; water spinach Ipomoea reptans; water chestnut, Trapa natans; and lesser duckweed, Lemna minor) from northeast India are important sources of proteins, vitamins and minerals, suitable for incorporation in fish diet. The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of these aquatic weeds based formulated diets on growth, feed utilization and nutrient turnover from feed to fish flesh of fingerlings of two species of Indian major carps: catla, Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822), and mrigal, Cirrhinus mrigala (Bloch, 1795). Material and Methods. The fingerlings were hand-sorted and distributed in 15 glass aquaria (each having 50 l capacity) at a stocking density of 5 fishes per aquarium. Five formulated diets (containing 26%-28% of crude protein approximately) were prepared and analyzed for proximate composition. The diets were fed to catla and mrigal fingerlings in triplicate treatments at the rate 3% of body weight for 60 days and fish performance in terms of growth, feed utilization and carcass composition was evaluated. Results. The whole body composition and energy content of C. catla fingerlings before and at the end of feeding trials did not differ significantly (P > 0.05), however, the proportion of crude lipid content was high when fed with diet F 2 (P < 0.05). In case of C. mrigala, crude protein, as well as lipid contents, were significantly higher in all the groups of fish at the end of experiment as compared to the initial fish. The hepatic-as well as the muscle tissues of catla and mrigal fingerlings fed the diet F 2 (containing I. reptans) displayed high contents of crude protein and vitamin E (P < 0.01). Interestingly, although no difference in muscle glycogen level in C. mrigala was observed irrespective of the diet fed however, muscle and liver glycogen contents in Catla catla fingerlings fed F 2 diet was significantly higher compared to glycogen contents of these tissues of initial fish or fish fed with control diet. Conclusions. Presently reported study suggests that I. reptans, being a rich source of nutrients, is suitable for incorporation in fish diet for C. catla and C. mrigala fingerlings.

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Effect of feeding frequency on growth, survival and feed utilization in mrigal, Cirrhinus mrigala, and rohu, Labeo rohita, during nursery rearing

Cited by 58 publications

References 13 publications

Growth and production of endangered Indian butter catfish,Ompok bimaculatus(Bloch) at different stocking densities in earthen ponds

Growth and production of endangered Indian butter catfish,Ompok bimaculatus(Bloch) at different stocking densities in earthen ponds

Optimum ration level for better growth, conversion efficiencies and body composition of fingerling Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)

Supplementation of four non-conventional aquatic weeds to the basal diet of <I>Catla catla</I> and <I>Cirrhinus mrigala</I> fingerlings: Effect on growth, protein utilization and body composition of fish

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