Weaning of juvenile pikeperch, Stizostedion lucioperca L., and perch, Perca fluviatilis L., to formulated feed |
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| Authors: | L Ljunggren,F Staffan,S Falk,B Lindé n,& J Mendes |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Aquaculture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden;Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden;Greenfish AB, Styrfarten 18, Göteborg, Sweden |
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Weaning success of pond‐cultured pikeperch and wild‐caught perch (mean length 51 and 48 mm respectively) was evaluated using different weaning techniques and different formulated feeds. Juveniles that were fed formulated feed grew as well as or better than juveniles that were weaned successively using zooplankton or yolk. Four different formulated feeds (agglomerated marine larvae feed, marine larvae feed, trout feed and a semi‐moist feed) were evaluated regarding specific growth rate (SGR), condition factor and a subjective stomach fullness estimate. The agglomerated marine larvae feed gave significantly better weaning performance than the other feeds regarding all parameters (SGR = 7.3% day?1 and 3.4% day?1 for pikeperch and perch respectively). |
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| Keywords: | culture diet feed formulated growth habituating perch pikeperch weaning |
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