2019
DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392201802442
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Feeding frequency affects feed intake and growth in juvenile pirarucu (Arapaima gigas)

Abstract: Pirarucu is one of the main fish species for the development of aquaculture in the Amazon. In this study, the optimal feeding frequency for juvenile pirarucu was assessed based on growth and feed efficiency. Juvenile pirarucu weighing ca. 80 g were fed once, twice, three or four times daily until apparent satiation for 63 days. Fish fed three or four times per day presented higher growth, feed intake, and fat body content than those fed once or twice per day. There was no significant difference for feed conver… Show more

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“…Fish were acclimated to the experimental conditions for one week on the basal diet with no taurine supplementation. The experimental diets were provided three times per day until apparent satiety (09:00, 13:00 and 17:00h) for 28 days (Rodrigues et al 2019). The experimental time considered the high growth rates of the species according to the NRC (2011) recommendation and to the results obtained from previous experiments done in our laboratory.…”
Section: Fish Handlingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fish were acclimated to the experimental conditions for one week on the basal diet with no taurine supplementation. The experimental diets were provided three times per day until apparent satiety (09:00, 13:00 and 17:00h) for 28 days (Rodrigues et al 2019). The experimental time considered the high growth rates of the species according to the NRC (2011) recommendation and to the results obtained from previous experiments done in our laboratory.…”
Section: Fish Handlingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the present study, the mean values of weight gain from 257.82±3.14 g to 345.05±1.27 g. Among the different treatments, the highest mean monthly weight gain and the mean weight gain was recorded with the treatment two and four time feeding schedule [27]. The recorded the weight gain of Pirarucu was higher when the fish fed 3 or 4 times per day and lower in 1 times per day [28].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 42%
“…The knowledge of the proportion of the raw material that will be transformed into final products for sale, as well as the quantity that will be part of the processing residue, allows the logistical planning of the production and the necessary calculations for the assessment of the company's productive efficiency (Ferreira et al, 2020). Thus, the establishment of ideal categories of weight at slaughter and the yields of fish meat, under their different forms of presentation, are of great importance for fish processing units and fish farmers (Cunha et al, 2014;Rodrigues et al, 2019).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The main interest of the fish producer is related to the weight of the fish to be delivered to the fish industry. However, for industry, the most important is the production and yield of fillet, product preparation, types of commercial cuts, in short, the processes that go from slaughter to industrialization and presentation of the product to the consumer (Santos et al, 2018;Rodrigues et al, 2019). In this way, pirarucu is marketed by the weight of the whole fish with an average regional sales value of US$ 1.53 kg -1 , and the processing industries prioritize animals weighing at least 8 kg.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%