1. Lipid requirement of bay snook (Petenia splendida Günther, 1862) juveniles.
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Rodríguez-Estrada, Uriel, Méndez-Marín, Otilio, Pérez-Morales, Alfredo, Martínez-García, Rafael, Peña-Marín, Emyr, Civera-Cerecedo, Roberto, Goytortua-Bores, Ernesto E., Martínez-Yáñez, Rosario, and Alvarez-González, Carlos A.
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LOW-protein diet , *LIPIDS , *FISH feeds , *WEIGHT gain - Abstract
This research study is focused on the lipid requirements of Petenia splendida (0.65 ± 0.19 g) juveniles. Fish were fed with trout commercial diet (Silver Cup? - 45% protein and 16% lipids), as control diet - CD (which is usually used to feed this species at commercial scale), and four isoproteic (45% crude protein) diet formulated with different lipid levels (5, 10, 15 and 20%). Diets were administered for 60 days by triplicate per treatment. Our results showed that fish fed with 10, 15 and 20% lipid levels were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in average weight and total length. Same treatments were significantly lower (P < 0.05) in terms of FCR compared to those shown in 5% and CD. However, fish fed 20% lipid level, showed a significant decrease in WG and a significant (P < 0.05) increase in FCR compared to those shown in 15% lipid level. Fish fed with 15% showed the highest weight gain and the lowest FCR compared with the rest of the treatments. Lipid efficiency ratio (LER) showed significant (P < 0.05) differences among experimental groups. Compared to other diets containing lipid levels (5, 10, and 20%) fish fed 15% diet recorded the lowest protein and lipid content in whole body. Additionally, based on second order polynomial regression analysis of WG, it was demonstrated that 16.2% lipid provides an optimal growth for P. splendida. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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