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Production characteristics and body composition of juvenile cobia fed three differentcommercial diets in recirculating aquaculture systems
| Title: | Production characteristics and body composition of juvenile cobia fed three differentcommercial diets in recirculating aquaculture systems. |
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| Name(s): |
Weirich, C. R. Wills, Paul S. Baptiste, R. M. Richie, M. A. |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 2009 | |
| Publisher: | American Fisheries Society. | |
| Place of Publication: | Kissimmee, FL | |
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| Extent: | 8 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007164 (IID), 10.1577/A09-015.1 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
The effect of feeding three commercial diets on production characteristics and body
composition of juvenile cobia Rachycentron canadum reared using recirculating aquaculture systems (RASs)
was assessed in a 56-d growth trial. Juvenile cobia (mean weight + SE, 29.2 + 0.7 g) were stocked into three
8-mᶟ tanks in each of four RASs at an initial density of 1.2 kg/mᶟ. After stocking, fish were fed one of three
commercial diets: Hybrid Striped Bass diet (HSB; 44% protein, 12% lipid), Finfish Gold diet (GOLD; 42%
protein, 16% lipid), or Marine Grower diet (MG; 50% protein, 15% lipid), all at a targeted feed rate of 3–5%
of body weight per day. At 2-week intervals, 10% of the population of each tank was collected to determine
mean weight, weight gain, specific growth rate (SGR), feed conversion efficiency (FCE), and biomass. At the
end of the rearing trial, the entire population of each tank was harvested to determine production
characteristics and survival. In addition, fish were sampled to determine whole-body composition,
hepatosomatic index, intraperitoneal fat ratio, energy retention (ER), protein efficiency ratio (PER), and
protein productive value (PPV). Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1754 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Weirich, C. R., Wills, P. S., Baptiste, R. M., & Richie, M. A. (2010). Production characteristics and body composition of juvenile cobia fed three different commercial diets in recirculating aquaculture systems. North American Journal of Aquaculture, 72(1), 43-49. doi: 10.1577/A09-015.1 |
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| Subject(s): |
Cobia Aquaculture Fishes--Feeding and feeds Rachycentron canadum |
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| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/A09-015.1 | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007164 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
