Oral pharmacological treatments for ichthyophthiriosis of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

The aim of this work was to explore the efficacy of a veterinary drug, Triclabendazole (5-chloro-6-(2, 3-dichlorophenoxy)-2-methylthio-1H-benzimidazole), in an inclusion complex with β-cyclodextrin as a suitable treatment for parasitic diseases caused by Ichthyophthirius multifiliis in rainbow trout. The efficacy was determined by the reduction in the infection intensity. The complexes were prepared by the kneading method and were characterized by DSC and X-ray diffractometry. The selected stoichoimetry was 1:3 because of the higher percentage of Triclabendazole complexed with cyclodextrin. Administration of Triclabendazole and complex was carried out by including appropriate doses in animal feed. Our studies suggest that the Triclabendazole–cyclodextrin complex results in a reduction in the infection degree and trophont size is decreased in the animals treated. The oral treatment of Triclabendazole in inclusion complexes may be an alternative to bath treatments in trout farming.     

虹鳟肠炎红嘴病病理模型的构建

为探讨鲁氏耶尔森菌侵染虹鳟的致病机制,本实验建立了鲁氏耶尔森菌感染虹鳟引起的肠炎红嘴病的病理模型,制定相应的临床症状及组织病理学评分系统,并对该模型进行研究。将43尾平均体质量约为12 g的健康虹鳟随机分成5组:3个实验组(n=30)、对照组(n=10)和哨兵组(n=3)。3个实验组分别采用2.0×106、2.0×107和2.0×108 CFU/m L的鲁氏耶尔森菌感染浓度,通过腹腔注射方式进行人工感染试验。对感染鲁氏耶尔森菌的虹鳟肠、肝脏、脾脏和肾脏组织进行镜检及临床症状、剖检病变判断,结合细菌学检测,按制定的评分系统评价各组肠炎红嘴病造模效果,确定最佳造模方案。结果显示,各攻毒组虹鳟感染后72 h均出现不同程度死亡,临床症状表现为红嘴、肛门红肿、鳍(胸鳍、腹鳍、臀鳍)等出现不同程度充血,下颌部、腹部出现出血点等。组织病理学可见肝脏、脾脏、肾脏及肠组织均有炎性细胞浸润现象出现,肝细胞、肠上皮细胞和肾小管上皮细胞等实质细胞变性、坏死,脾脏部位淋巴细胞减少、红细胞死亡堆积。综合各组得分发现,2.0×107 CFU/m L组的鲁氏耶尔森菌感染虹鳟造模效果最佳,患病虹鳟的临床症状显著且组内差异较小,病程迁延较长,便于研究。研究表明,对体质量约12 g的虹鳟幼鱼腹腔注射0.1 m L浓度为2.0×107 CFU/m L的鲁氏耶尔森菌可成功构建肠炎红嘴病病理模型。     

Ovarian fluid pH enhances motility parameters of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) spermatozoa

All evidence to date suggest that sperm motility is the primary determinant of fertilization success in externally fertilizing fish species. Ovarian fluid, which comprises 10–30% of the total egg volume in salmonids, enhances sperm motility with respect to swimming speed, trajectory and the duration of movement. It was recently demonstrated that there is individual variability in sperm motility enhancing potential of ovarian fluid of particular females. In the present study we examined the effect of particular ovarian fluids collected from 31 females on the sperm motility parameters of one male of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) using computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA). During our experiment we also monitored the pH of ovarian fluid. We found that particular fluids differed in the ability to activate spermatozoa; sperm remained immotile in four fluids and exhibited 50–100% motility in 27 samples. The percentage of motile sperm, velocity and duration of movement positively correlated with ovarian fluid pH (r² = 0.34–0.62). These data strongly suggest that the pH of the ovarian fluid is the primary determinant of sperm motility in rainbow trout under natural conditions of fertilization.     

Cadmium detoxification effect of Chinese parsley Coriandrum sativum in liver and kidney of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Although fish feed supplemented with Chinese parsley (CP), Coriandrum sativum, does not affect the health of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, it has the remarkable effect of reducing the uptake of Cd (12–17% compared with controls without CP). Here, we measured the change in the amount of metallothionein (MT) in the liver and kidney using gel permeation chromatography-high-performance liquid chromatography (TSK GEL SW 3000 column). The increase in MT content over time in the Cd-fed groups corresponded to the change in Cd accumulation. Gel permeation was performed with soluble fractions from the fish liver and kidney, and changes in the Cd, Cu, and Zn concentrations over time for each fraction, and the relationship between the form of Cd that accumulated in tissues and its toxicity were measured. A nontoxic MT fraction of 7,000 Da and a high-molecular-weight fraction of approximately 60,000 Da were isolated from the soluble fractions. The induction of nontoxic MT–Cd was higher in the CP-supplemented groups than in the control groups. The synergetic actions of several compounds in CP may contribute to bind MT, thereby preventing accumulation of harmful heavy metals and essential metals in fish.     

Use of treated mine water for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) culture: a production scale assessment

In previous proof-of-concept work, it was shown that the use of treated coal mine water for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) culture in a cage was technically feasible, though only a 50-fish bioassay was grown and no work on production-related issues was conducted. To further advance the use of treated mine water, an under-utilized water resource throughout Mid Appalachia, work was conducted to assess the effects of using treated coal mine water for the intensive production of rainbow trout in a flow-through system. During this study, comprehensive water quality data were collected to supplement fish weight and length data taken during routine monthly sampling events. The 8000 fish grew well in the raceway system over the 9 months of production, where a feed conversion ratio of 1.4 and a condition factor of 5.1 × 10⁻⁴ were measured with stocking and harvest densities of 26.4 and 50.2 kg/m³, respectively. Further, total net production was 3275 kg (7220 lb) with 98.6% survival. Throughout the study, dissolved ion concentrations (Fe, Al, Mg, Ca, and SO₄) often exceeded recommended tolerance limits. Further, elevated ammonia nitrogen concentrations generated from a component of the mine water-treatment process were identified as a potential limiting factor for aquaculture development. However, when the non-ideal effects of high ionic strength and the speciation of dissolved metal–ligand complexes were taken into account, the concentrations of free metal ions were within recommended tolerance limits.     

Phosphorus utilization in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed practical diets and its consequences on effluent phosphorus levels

Excessive dietary phosphorous (P) concentrations in effluents from aquaculture present a major environmental problem. We therefore studied the effect of dietary P and vitamin D₃ on P utilization by rainbow trout-fed practical diets and on P concentrations in the soluble, particulate and settleable components of the effluent from fish tanks. Rainbow trout (average weight: 78 g, initial biomass: 13 kg in 0.7 m³ tanks) were fed for 11 weeks, practical diets that varied in total P, available P, and vitamin D₃ concentrations. Soluble, particulate (10–200 μm) and settleable (>200 μm) P in the effluent were sampled every 0.5–6 h for 1–3 days in the third and eleventh weeks of the experiment. Trout in all diets more than doubled their weight after 11 weeks. Increasing the concentrations of available dietary P from 0.24% to 0.88% modestly enhanced growth rate. Feed conversion ratio (FCR) and biomass gain per gram P consumed decreased as dietary P concentrations increased. Carcass P, daily P gain, and plasma P concentrations were lower in fish fed with low P diets. Soluble P concentrations in the effluent peaked immediately after and again 4–6 h after feeding, and is a linear function of available dietary P. No soluble P would be produced during consumption of diets containing less than 0.22±0.02% available P. Above this dietary concentration, soluble P would be excreted at 6.9±0.4 mg/day/kg for each 0.1% increase in available dietary P. Particulate P concentrations in the effluent were independent of dietary P concentrations. Settleable, presumably fecal, P concentrations tended to increase with dietary P concentrations. In trout fed with low P (0.24% available P, 0.6% total P) diets, 60% of total dietary P were retained by the fish and the remaining 40% were excreted in the effluent as settleable P (20–30%) and particulate or soluble P (10–20%). In trout fed with high P (0.59–0.88% available P; 0.9–1.2% total P) diets, 30–55% of total dietary P was retained by fish, and the remaining 15–25% appeared in the effluent as settleable P, 20–55% as soluble P, and 5–10% as particulate P. Vitamin D₃ did not affect fish growth nor effluent P levels. Physicochemical management of aquaculture effluents should consider the effect of diets on partitioning of effluent P, the peaks of soluble P concentration following feeding, and the contributions of particulate P to total P in the effluent. Increasing our understanding of how dietary P is utilized and is subsequently partitioned in the effluent can contribute significantly towards alleviating this important environmental and industry problem.     

QTL for IHNV resistance and growth identified in a rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss) × Yellowstone cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri) trout cross

Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) is a major constraint to rainbow trout culture. Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri) have greater resistance to this virus than do rainbow trout (O. mykiss), but the genetic mechanism of this resistance is not understood. We conducted a genome scan using a backcross of cutthroat trout into a rainbow trout background to estimate the number and locations of quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with IHNV resistance and growth in trout. IHNV resistance was considered in terms of both survival (binary trait) and days to death (quantitative trait). The genetic map was scanned using interval mapping via two different approaches: one model considered survival alone and a second two-part model combined both survival and days to death. Three QTL were significantly (P ≤ 0.05) associated with virus resistance genome-wide, explaining 32.5% of the phenotypic variation. Cutthroat alleles at two of these QTL resulted in increased resistance to the pathogen, as expected. No growth QTL were detected in this cross. We suggest that these traits are genetically independent.     

Occurrence of two forms of Y chromosome in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) males from Rutki strain

Morphologically differentiated sex chromosomes are found in only few salmonid species. Some populations of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, exhibit chromosomal polymorphism related to sex. We found sex-related chromosomal polymorphism in fish from the synthetic Rutki strain, Poland, in approximately 85% (n = 22) of examined males (XY-like) whereas the remaining males (n = 4) possessed chromosomes similar to these observed in females (XX-like). To investigate whether males possessing XX-like chromosomes were genotypic males or genotypic females with altered phenotypic sex, androgenetic progeny of four males (representing both XY-like and XX-like forms, n = 2 + 2) was examined. Androgenetic progeny (F₁) of all four fathers consisted of both phenotypic females and males. F₁ male progeny of two fathers showed XX-like chromosomes whereas F₁ male progeny of the other two fathers possessed YY-like (supermale) chromosomes. F₁ were reared further until they were sexually mature. Two males from each of four F₁ families were used to produce F₂ androgenetic and control F₂ generation. All F₂ individuals, androgenetics and control, were phenotypic males at sexual maturation. The results indicate that males possessing XX-like chromosomes are genetic males and they are not sex-reversed females. Thus, the Y chromosome can exist in different morphological forms in farmed rainbow trout. The Y^S chromosome (shorter form, unlike the X chromosome) has a shorter or absent p-arm and lacks the pericentromeric cluster of AT-rich chromatin and the 5S rDNA sequences that are found in the Y^L chromosome (longer form, like the X chromosome).     

Effects of emulsified versus saline administration of GnRHa on induction of ovulation in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

The effects of saline-dissolved or Freund's incomplete adjuvant (FIA)-emulsified GnRHa treatment on the induction of ovulation in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, were examined. The FIA-emulsified GnRHa was first diluted in 0.25 ml physiological saline and then mixed with an equal volume of FIA. Fish were selected in the beginning of the spawning season and were allocated into four groups and were treated intraperitoneally with (a) 0.5 ml of emulsified GnRHa (GnRHa–FIA), (b) 0.5 ml saline-dissolved GnRHa in a single injection (GnRHa-1), (c) 0.5 ml saline-dissolved GnRHa in two injections spaced 1 d apart (GnRHa-2) and (d) 0.5 ml of saline (Control). The GnRHa dose in all hormone treatments was 25 µg kg^− 1. All fish in the FIA–GnRHa and GnRHa-2 groups ovulated within 10 and 11 d after treatment, respectively. In contrast, only 75% in the Control fish and 60% of the fish in the GnRHa-1 group ovulated within 36 d after treatment. None of the treatments caused any pre- or post-spawning mortality in the broodstock. Fertilization, eyeing and hatching percentages of the produced progeny were normal in all the treatment groups and did not differ significantly among them. In conclusion, FIA-emulsified GnRHa can be effective in advancing the onset of and synchronizing the ovulation of rainbow trout within a two-week period, thus shortening the egg collection period, without affecting broodstock survival and egg quality.     

Antioxidant processes are affected in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to ozone and oxygen-supersaturated water

Two groups of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were exposed for 4 h to either hyperoxic (>40 mg O₂/l) or ozonised (5.2 μg O₃/l) water containing supersaturated oxygen. Gill, liver, blood cells and plasma were taken 1, 5, 12, 24 and 48 h following the exposure periods and antioxidant responses and oxidative damage studied in terms of, respectively, antioxidant enzyme activities/glutathione status and lipid peroxidation. Observed biochemical changes were significant at p<0.05. Ozonation elevated oxidised glutathione (GSSG) levels, increased lipid peroxidation and decreased reduced glutathione (GSH) levels in gills 1 h following exposure, which indicate oxidative stress. However, the longer-term effects (48 h) following ozone exposure resulted in increased GSH levels in both gills and liver and, measured as oxidative stress index (OSI), were indicative of enhanced potential of tissues to resist oxidative stress. Ozonation also resulted in elevated activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) at 5–12 h following exposure in gills compared to 24–48 h in liver, indicating either differential regulation and time-courses of response, or an earlier impact of ozonolysis products on gills than liver. In contrast, catalase activity was elevated in both gills and liver at 24 h by the effects of hyperoxia alone. Hyperoxia also decreased GSSG levels in both gills and liver, but had no effect on lipid peroxidation. Increases were seen in the activities of selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase as a result of ozonation (gills; 5 and 24 h) and hyperoxia (liver; 1 h), and in total GPX (Se-dependent and independent) as a result of ozonation (both tissues; 48 h), but no effects were seen on glutathione reductase (GR) in either tissues. Levels of GSH were increased in blood cells at various times following hyperoxia. Overall, the results show (i) differential antioxidant and pro-oxidant effects of ozonation compared to hyperoxia, (ii) gills and possibly blood as the first line of impact and defence, with later effects on liver, and (iii) that even after 24–48 h following ozone exposure, all antioxidant defences had not returned to pre-exposure values.     

High dietary incorporation levels of rendered animal protein ingredients on performance of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1972)

Two growth trials were conducted using spray-dried blood meal (BM), feather meal (FEM), meat and bone meal (MBM) and poultry by-product meal (PBM) as major protein sources in the diet of rainbow trout. In the first trial, five diets were formulated to examine the nutritive value of spray-dried BM and PBM. Increasing levels of BM (6, 12%) or PBM (10, 20, and 30%) replaced fish meal and corn gluten meal in the diet. For the second trial, eight diets were formulated to contain the following combinations: FEM + MBM, FEM + PBM or MBM + PBM. The diets containing FEM + MBM and FEM + PBM were supplemented with either L-lysine or DL-methionine, the amino acids predicted to be the two most limiting in these diets. Each experimental diet was allocated to three tanks of fish and fed for 20 weeks in the first trial or 16 weeks in the second trial. All the experimental diets were readily consumed by the fish and high growth and good feed efficiency ratio (FER) were achieved for all diets. In the first trial, there were no significant differences (P > 0.05) in weight gain or FER of fish fed the five experimental diets, suggesting that BM and PBM had high nutritive values for rainbow trout. In the second trial, growth of the fish fed the diet containing the FEM + PBM combination was not statistically different from growth of fish fed the control diet. Growth of fish fed diets with FEM + MBM or PBM + MBM combinations were slightly lower than that of fish fed the control diet. Supplementation of diets with either L-lysine or DL-methionine had no effect on the performance of the fish. The results from this study show that feather meal, poultry by-product meal, blood meal and meat and bone meal have good potential for use in rainbow trout diets at high levels of incorporation.     

Supra-nutritional dietary intake of selenite and selenium yeast in normal and stressed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Implications on selenium status and health responses

Commercial salmonid diets are not typically supplemented with selenium (Se) as they naturally contain relatively high levels of this essential trace element; however supplementation may be necessary to meet requirements during physical stress. Adopting an integrated approach by simultaneously determining Se status, various health parameters and interactions with other trace elements, this study aimed to determine the role of supra-supplemented selenite and Se-yeast (Selplex^®) on the growth and health of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), both under normal conditions and after exposure to chronic physical stress. Fish were fed one of seven diets; a basal un-supplemented diet (0.73 mg kg^− 1 Se) or diets supplemented with Se-yeast or sodium selenite to provide 2, 4, or 8 mg kg^− 1 Se for 10 weeks prior to subjection of daily handling and confinement stressors for seven days. Net whole body Se retention was significantly greater for Se-yeast than selenite at all levels. In normal conditions activities of hepatic glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and thioredoxin reductase (Trx-R) indicate that Se requirements were met by the basal diet. Similarly, pre-stress supra-supplementation of selenite and Se-yeast did not affect oxidative status (total antioxidant capacity of serum and hepatic malondialdehyde), immuno-competence (respiratory burst activity, serum lysozyme, and leukocyte counts) or other haematological and growth parameters (nuclear abnormalities in erythrocytes, and specific growth rate). In contrast, the trend towards a higher GSH-Px post-stress in Se supplemented diets over the basal diet, particularly in Se-yeast fed fish, indicates that Se requirements may not be met by the un-supplemented practical diet in stressed fish. Seven days of chronic physical stress decreased whole body Se and increased GSH-Px activity signifying an increased Se utilisation. During stress Se status was more effectively maintained by Se-yeast than selenite. Increased hepatic lipid peroxidation in stressed fish fed 8 mg kg^− 1 selenite indicates a possible pro-oxidant effect of selenite. A positive interaction was observed between dietary selenite and whole body copper, but no such interaction was observed with Se-yeast. This study concludes that physical stressors can result in an elevated Se utilisation and consequently supplementation of commercial diets may be necessary such that Se reserves are available as a contingency for stress.     

应用重复力模型估计虹鳟生长性状的遗传力和育种值

采用单性状重复观测值动物模型（重复力模型）对中国水产科学研究院黑龙江水产研究所渤海冷水性鱼类试验站5个品系后代的4026尾虹鳟 (Onchorynchus mykiss) 的生长性状（体重、体长和肥满度）进行了遗传参数和育种值的估计,并对各个性状的表型和遗传趋势进行预测。在此模型中考虑了年份-季节固定效应、父本固定效应和母本固定效应;随机效应有个体的加性效应和个体永久环境效应。结果表明：该5个品系虹鳟及后代体重的遗传力为0.35,体长为0.10、肥满度为0.34。个体间的育种值差异较大,仅排名前20位相差近10倍;从不同评定方法的秩相关来看,用综合育种值法与单个性状方法之间存在极显著的相关,其相关度分别为0.998, 0.877, 0.85. -0.071, -0.064和-0.13。用综合育种值对虹鳟个体的选择价值的评定和名次排列, 以及与单个性状的评定名次有着一定程度上的差别。体重、体长和肥满度性状,其表型趋势与遗传趋势基本一致的品系,均可通过表型值进行选择。     

Broken eggs decrease pH of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) ovarian fluid

Low pH of ovarian fluid is attributed to its inability to activate sperm motility. In the present study we sought if broken eggs are reason for the decrease of ovarian fluid pH. We examined if 1) there is relationship between turbidity of ovarian fluid (indicator of presence of broken eggs) and pH, and 2) there is a decrease in ovarian fluid pH after addition of broken eggs. We found a negative relationship between the turbidity and ovarian fluid pH. Addition of the content of broken eggs to ovarian fluid caused a decrease of pH and a decrease in ovarian fluid ability to activate sperm motility. Therefore it can be suggested that content of broken eggs decreases or negates the ability of ovarian fluid to activate sperm motility due to a decrease of pH.     

Selective breeding provides an approach to increase resistance of rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss) to the diseases, enteric redmouth disease, rainbow trout fry syndrome, and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia

In this study, we reasoned that if we challenged rainbow trout with the causative agents of enteric redmouth disease (ERM), rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS), and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS), we would: 1) detect additive genetic variation for resistance to ERM, RTFS, and VHS; and 2) find that resistance of the trout to ERM and RTFS are favourably correlated genetically, while resistance to VHS is unfavourably correlated with resistance to ERM and RTFS. We tested these premises by challenging 63 full-sib families of rainbow trout (50 sires, 38 dams) with Yersinia ruckeri, Flavobacterium psychrophilum, and VHS virus, the causative agents of ERM, RTFS, and VHS. Resistance to each disease was assessed as both a binary trait (i.e., died/survived) and a longitudinal trait (i.e., time until death following challenge). Additive genetic variation and genetic correlations for resistance to ERM, RTFS, and VHS were estimated by fitting a threshold liability model to resistance assessed as a binary trait. As a longitudinal trait, additive genetic variation and genetic correlations were estimated by fitting a Weibull frailty model to the times until death. Our findings support the first of our premises as we detected additive genetic variation for resistance to ERM, RTFS, and VHS. The heritability for resistance to ERM, RTFS, and VHS ranged between 0.42 and 0.57 on the underlying liability scale when resistance was assessed as a binary trait. As a longitudinal trait, the heritabilities ranged between 0.07 and 0.21 for time until death on the logarithmic-time scale. We were, however, unable to support our second premise as we found that resistance to each of the diseases tended to be weakly correlated genetically. The genetic correlations between the resistances ranged between −0.11 and 0.15 when resistance was assessed as a binary trait, and between −0.23 and 0.16 when resistance was assessed as a longitudinal trait. These findings are encouraging for commercial trout production. The additive genetic variation detected for resistance demonstrates that selectively breeding trout for resistance to ERM, RTFS, and VHS will be successful, providing a complementary approach to control these diseases. The weak genetic correlations suggest that it should be relatively easy to improve resistance to each of the diseases simultaneously.     

Automated image analysis as a tool to quantify the colour and composition of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss W.) cutlets

The goal of this paper is to propose and evaluate automated image analysis methods for describing muscle cutlets in rainbow trout. The proposed automated image analysis methods were tested on a total of 983 scanned images of trout cutlets, and included quality traits such as fat percentage, flesh colour and the size of morphologically distinguishable subparts of the cutlet. A sub-sample of 50 images was randomly selected for manual segmentation of the cutlet, the dorsal fat depot and the red muscle and regions. The identification of these regions by manual and automatic image analysis correlated strongly (r = 0.97, r = 0.95 and r = 0.91, respectively). The estimated fat percentage obtained from image analysis, based on the area of visible fat and the colour of the cutlet flesh, correlated well with chemical fat percentage measured by mid-infrared transmission spectroscopy (MIT) (r = 0.78). The automated image analysis methods are therefore a reliable means of predicting the fat percentage of trout cutlets. Principal component analysis (PCA) loading plots were used to identify subsets of variables from the image analysis of special significance for further studies; cutlet area, dorsal fat depot area, red muscle area, back height, cutlet width, and width of left and right abdomen wall were among the variables selected. PCA loading plots of different colour variables indicated that simple statistical coefficients such as percentiles and mean values can be used to quantify different aspects of flesh colour. In conclusion, the methods presented here provide a powerful toolbox for describing important morphological structures and quality traits of trout cutlets.     

Evidence of genotype–diet interactions in the response of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) clones to a diet with or without fishmeal at early growth

This study examined the genetic variability and genotype × diet interactions during early growth (initial mean body weight 1.2 g) among seven heterozygous clones of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. The clones were hand-fed a diet containing either fishmeal or plant proteins during a 49-day trial divided into two periods (P1, 26 days, and P2, 23 days). Weight, variation of weight within clone, feed intake, feed efficiency and mortality were calculated for both periods.There was a highly significant effect of diet and of clone for all traits at both periods, except for feed efficiency and mortality at P1. Highly significant interactions between diet and clone were also recorded for all these traits, except for mortality at P1. The occurrence of genotype × diet interactions when feeding juvenile rainbow trout with an all plant-protein diet indicates that a highly performing genotype on a fishmeal diet may perform poorly when fed a plant-protein diet. Interactions were found for the two major determinants of growth, i.e. feed intake and feed efficiency, showing that the dietary response differs according to the genotype. Monitoring of the within-clone variability of weight showed that a plant-based diet is likely to enhance the overall phenotypic variance in a population, whatever its initial genetic variability.     

Apparent digestibility of rendered animal protein ingredients for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

The apparent digestibility of 20 rendered animal protein ingredients from various origins was determined in three digestibility trials. The ingredients consisted of eight blood meals, four feather meals, six meat and bone meals and two poultry by-product meals. Within each type of ingredient, a relatively large range of raw materials, processing conditions and equipment were represented. In each of three trials, a reference diet was mixed with test ingredients in a 70:30 ratio to produce a series of test diets. The reference and test diets were fed to rainbow trout reared at 15°C and fecal samples were collected using the “Guelph system”. Apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) for protein and energy of the four feather meals varied between 81 and 87% and 76 and 80%. Significant differences in the ADC for protein of feather meal were observed and may be related to the drying equipment. The ADC for protein of the two poultry by-product meals was 87 and 91% and that of energy 77 and 87%. The ADC for protein and energy of the six meat and bone meals varied between 83 and 89% and 68 and 83%, respectively. Treatment of one of the meat and bone meals by air-classification to reduce its ash content resulted in a significant increase in the ADC for protein and lipid. ADC for protein of the blood meals varied between 82 and 99% whereas ADC for energy varied between 79 and 99%. Spray-dried blood products (whole blood, blood cells, blood plasma) were highly digestible (ADC protein=96-99%). Rotoplate-, steam-tube- and ring-dried blood meals had significantly lower ADC for protein and energy than spray-dried blood products.     

黄鳝生长差异基因发掘及其调控机制初步研究

该研究对体质量为 (25.03±0.02) g 的健康黄鳝 (Monopterus albus) 进行了10 周的养殖实验,探究了低鱼粉饲料中添加牛磺酸对黄鳝生长、消化率及肠道酶活性的影响。实验设置了高鱼粉组 (42%, FM)、低鱼粉组 (22%, T₀) 以及在低鱼粉饲料中分别添加0.2% (T_0.2) 和0.5% (T_0.5) 牛磺酸的4个处理组,每组5个重复。结果显示,与FM组相比,T₀组黄鳝的增重率、蛋白质效率、干物质消化率和蛋白质消化率显著下降 (P<0.05),饲料系数显著上升 (P<0.05)。添加适量牛磺酸可显著提高黄鳝的增重率、蛋白质效率和干物质消化率,降低饲料系数 (P<0.05),但T_0.5组黄鳝的增重率、蛋白质效率和饲料系数与T₀组相比无显著性差异 (P>0.05)。此外,T₀组肠道肌酸激酶 (CK)、钠钾ATP酶 (Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase)、碱性磷酸酶 (AKP)、胰蛋白酶 (TRYP) 和脂肪酶活性显著低于FM组 (P<0.05),T_0.2组的上述肠道酶活性均显著升高 (P<0.05),T_0.5组肠道Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase、AKP、TRYP和脂肪酶 (LPS) 活性虽高于T₀组,但无显著性差异 (P>0.05)。综上,低鱼粉饲料中添加0.2%牛磺酸可提高黄鳝的生长,改善肠道消化吸收功能,但添加过量牛磺酸 (0.5%) 效果不明显。