Effect of dietary water on growth of dentex <Emphasis Type="Italic">Dentex dentex</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Stavros?ChatzifotisEmail author Ioannis?E?Papadakis Pascal?Divanach |
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Institution: | Institute of Aquaculture, National Center for Marine Research, PO Box 2214 Heraklion, Crete, Greece |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT: This study is concerned with the effect of hyrdated diets on growth and feed performance of Dentex dentex . Three levels of dietary water were tested: 7%, 20% and 40%. For the 7% level a commercial feed was used and the 20% and 40% water levels were obtained after adding an appropriate amount of deionized water to the commercial feed and mixing the pellets well. The diets were offered to fish by self-feeders, by which fish were allowed continuous access to diets after activating the self-feeders; by belt feeders, by which the diets were fed continuously and in excess over a 12 h interval; and by hand to apparent satiation two times a day. After 151 days of feeding, the group fed on the 20%-water diet showed significantly ( P < 0.05) higher growth rate than the 7 and 40% groups, while no significant differences were observed in feed conversion rate or daily feed consumption. The means of feed delivery did not influence growth rate. Self-feeder, belt and hand feeding all gave comparable growth. Fish fed the more condensed 7%-water diet had smaller stomachs than fish fed the larger volume 40%-water diet. In the stomach, all groups of fish hydrated their digesta within 2 h after feeding to a moisture content of around 60%. Apparently no difference in digestive process was observed between groups. It was concluded that the addition of water in diet at the level of 20% has a beneficial effect on dentex growth. |
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Keywords: | dentex growth water content |
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