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Compensatory growth in hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus ×O. niloticus) reared in seawater, following restricted feeding

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Abstract

Hybrid tilapia weighing 7.71 g were reared in seawater at 24.0–29.0°C for 8 weeks. The controls were fed to satiation twice a day throughout the experiment, whereas treatment groups were fed at 0.5%, 1.5% or 3.0% body weight per day for 4 weeks, and then to satiation for the remainder of the experiment. During the first 4-week period, there was a curvilinear relationship between growth rate and ration size. Fish fed 0.5% and 1.5% rations displayed compensatory growth response of 2 weeks duration during realimentation. The weight-adjusted growth rate of fish fed at 3% ration was not significantly different from that of the controls by the end of the experiment, when none of the treatment groups had caught up in body weight with the controls. Hyperphagia was observed for the first 2 weeks of realimenatation in fish previously fed at 3% ration, but persisted for the whole realimentation period in groups previously fed at 0.5% and 1.5% rations. None of the feed restricted groups showed improved digestibility, feed efficiency, or protein and energy retention efficiency.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Ecology in Aquaculture, Shanghai Fisheries University, 200090, Shanghai, China

    Wang Yan

  2. State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072, Wuhan, China

    Cui Yibo & Yang Yunxia

  3. Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, 515063, Shantou, China

    Cai Fasheng

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Supported by the State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology of China and Shanghai Fisheries University (Grant No. 200015).

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Yan, W., Yibo, C., Yunxia, Y. et al. Compensatory growth in hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus ×O. niloticus) reared in seawater, following restricted feeding. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 22, 414–420 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02843638

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