
Effects of feeding rate on growth and feed efficiency of Sobaity seabream (Sparidentex hasta) fry in nursery phase | ||
مجله علمی شیلات ایران | ||
Article 16, Volume 27, Issue 3, September and October 2018, Pages 159-163 PDF (319.13 K) | ||
Document Type: Research Paper | ||
DOI: 10.22092/isfj.2018.116929 | ||
Authors | ||
M. Zabayeh Najafabadi; M. Torfi Mozanzadeh; E. Pagheh; J. Ghafleh Marammazi; J. Hosseini; Sh. Mehrjooyan; R. Osooli; H. Saghavi; J. Monem; R. Nahavandi | ||
Abstract | ||
A 30-day research was conducted to evaluate the effects of different feeding rate (formulated diet) (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10% of wet body weight/day) and also fresh food (20% of wet body weight/day) on growth performance and feed utilization of Sparidentex hasta fry in nursery phase. Growth performance including final weight and specific growth rate (SGR) significantly increased with increasing feeding rate (p<0.05). The relationship between SGR (% per day) and ration level (% per day) was an asymptotic curve described as SGR = 0.2809X+1.4191. Feed efficiency ratio (FER) decreased significantly with increasing ration levels, and the relationship between FER and ration level (% per day) described as FER = -0.0586X+1.3184. Hepatosomatic index significantly increased with increasing feeding rate (p<0.05). Based on the above results, it may be concluded that a ration size of 8% of body weight per day is optimal for good growth and feed conversion efficiency of juvenile S. hasta in nursery phase. | ||
Keywords | ||
Feeding rate; Nursery Phase; growth indices; Sobaity seabream | ||
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