Optimal dietary taurine level for growth of juvenile Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

The requirement for taurine in juvenile Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus was determined by feeding diets containing various levels of taurine and cystine. Test diets supplemented with 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5% of taurine or with 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5% of L -cystine were prepared. The basal diet contained 55% protein from white fish meal. These diets were fed to juvenile Japanese flounder with an initial mean bodyweight of 0.9 g (total length (TL) 48 mm) for 5 weeks. Approximately 1.4% taurine content in the diet was required for optimum growth of juvenile flounder. A positive linear relationship was noted between the content of taurine accumulated in the muscle, liver and brain and the level of taurine in the diet. However, there was no increased taurine content in tissues of fish fed the cystine-supplemented diet. In contrast, the fish fed control and cystine-supplemented diets showed higher contents of cystathionine in the tissues. The concentration of cystathionine in tissues rapidly decreased with an increase of taurine in the diet. It was also observed that for each of the dietary groups, a trace amount of taurine was excreted. These results suggest that the taurine content in the diet affects the sulfur amino acid metabolism of juvenile Japanese flounder, and indicate that juvenile flounder are unable to biosynthesize taurine from cystine.     

Effect of artemia nauplii enriched with vitamin A palmitate on hypermelanosis on the blind side in juvenile Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

ABSTRACT:   The effect of Artemia nauplii enriched with different level of vitamin A (VA) palmitate (1 µg = 1 IU) on the occurrence of hypermelanosis on the blind side of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus was determined. Artemia were enriched with 0, 1, 2, 5 or 10 mg VA palmitate/L (control group, and 1-, 2-, 5-, and 10-mg groups). The enriched Artemia were fed to the larvae from 27 to 31 days post hatching (dph) corresponding to the F–G stage. VA palmitate, retinol and retinoic acid (RA) contents of Artemia were correlatively elevated with increasing VA palmitate in the culture medium. RA was detected in Artemia enriched with 5 mg and 10 mg, and a significantly high frequency of hypermelanosis on the blind side was observed in these groups at 65 dph ( P  < 0.05). These results suggest that RA synthesized from VA palmitate in Artemia could induce hypermelanosis on blind side of flounder when Artemia are enriched with more than 5 mg VA palmitate/L.     

Efficacy of Sarafloxacin Hydrochloride in Treating Naturally-Induced Edwardsiella ictaluri Infections in Channel Catfish,Ictalurus punctatus

Sarafin (sarafloxacin hydrochloride), a new antibacterial, was evaluated in the field on a naturally induced infection of Edwardsiella ictaluri in channel catfish, -Ictalurus punctatus. Healthy channel catfish (mean weight = 50 g) were stocked into nine cages at 200 fish per cage in a pond with an undergoing E. ictaluri infection. Seven days after stocking, dead fish were observed in the cages with clinical signs of enteric septicemia of channel catfish (ESC). After E. ictaluri was confirmed through isolative biochemical tests, medicated feed was applied for five consecutive days. During this period, fish in three control cages received a commercial 32% protein floating feed, three other cages of fish served as positive controls and were fed Romet, and three cages received the test feed with Sarafin. Both medicated feeds reduced the increase in cumulative percent mortality. In the control cages, cumulative percent mortalities continued to increase throughout the study period. Average daily mortality rates were significantly lower following both treatments of medicated feed, and treatments receiving Sarafin showed the greatest reduction in average daily mortality rates. Average daily mortality rates in the control did not change after the medicated feeding period. Toward the end of the study, temperatures reached 30°C, above the active range of ESC infections, and all mortalities ceased.     

牙鲆Mx基因的克隆及序列分析

对牙鲆(Paralichthys lethostigma)总RNA经反转录得到的cDNA测序。结果表明,获得的cDNA片段全长1 980 bp,其中编码区长1 890 bp,编码629个氨基酸残基,推测蛋白质分子量大小为71.7 kDa。Blast比较以及Megalign软件分析的结果表明,此cDNA片段具有脊椎动物Mx蛋白共有的结构特征:一个三联体GTP结合区域;一个发动蛋白家族的典型结构特征序列及C端高度保守的Leu拉链结构区。进一步的序列比较与进化分析结果表明,牙鲆Mx基因与日本比目鱼等鱼类的同源性较高,同源性达75.1%-98.7%;而与哺乳动物的同源性相对较低,同源性达50.3%-55.1%。     

牙鲆5个养殖群体的遗传多样性分析

利用16对微卫星分子标记对牙鲆（Paralichthys olivaceus）的5个养殖群体进行遗传多样性分析。结果表明,等位基因数为2-9个,平均等位基因数为6．0625;有效等位基因数1．2596-5．5161,平均有效等位基因数3．692;各位点的杂合度观测值（Ho）0．2200-0．8000;杂合度期望值（He）0．2061-0．8187。各群体之间无偏倚杂合度期望值从小到大依次为丹东、北戴河、威海、青岛、荣成。Kruskal-Wallis检验结果（H=0．672,df=4,P=0．955）则说明,5个群体遗传多样性差异不显著。群体间基因分化系数（Gs,）为0．0991,各群体之间存在中度遗传分化。采用UPGMA法对5个群体进行聚类,可分3类：丹东和北戴河各为一类,威海、荣成、青岛为一类,其中威海与荣成群体的分化最小。结合Hardy-Weinberg平衡,拟合度检验和遗传偏离指数（动的分析结果表明,各群体的遗传平衡状况存在很大差别。遗传变异的分析结果说明5群体遗传多样性比较丰富。     

Effects of high dose of vitamin A on reproduction and egg quality of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

ABSTRACT: The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary vitamin A on reproduction and egg quality in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus . Broodstock were fed experimental pellets containing two levels of vitamin A [11 × 10³ IU/100 g (control diet; CD), 337 × 10³ IU/100 g (experimental diet; ED)] for approximately 2 months before spawning and during the spawning period. Two groups of five females (average weight 1.4 kg) and 10 males (average weight 0.7 kg) were randomly allocated to two 30 m³ indoor tanks. Total egg production of the CD group was slightly higher than the ED group. Percentage of buoyant eggs and hatching rate of the ED group were significantly higher than the CD. In other egg quality parameters, such as percentage abnormal larvae and starvation tolerance of larvae, no notable difference was found between these two groups. At the end of the experiment, the skin color of broodstock in the ED group was darker than that of the CD group. Vitamin A content in eggs of the ED group was significantly higher than that of the CD group. However, the difference in vitamin A content in eggs between the ED and CD groups was much smaller than that in the liver of the females between the two groups. These results indicate that feeding broodstock a higher level of vitamin A increases the vitamin A content in eggs but does not affect egg quality in Japanese flounder because excess dietary vitamin A was stored mainly in the broodstocks' liver.     

星突江鲽胚胎发育的研究

对人工干法授精、微量充气孵化条件下星突江鲽的胚胎发育进行了研究。星突江鲽受精卵为分离的球形浮性卵,无油球、卵膜薄、光滑且透明,具弹性。吸水前卵径为0．66～0．70mm,吸水后为0．91～1．06mm。根据胚胎发育的外部形态及典型特征将星突江鲽胚胎发育过程划分为卵裂期、囊胚期、原肠期、神经胚期、胚孔关闭、眼泡和肌节形成、尾芽形成、晶体出现、听囊出现、出膜前期和出膜期11个连续的典型时期。在11±0．5℃水温下,受精卵经过101h仔鱼脱膜孵出。初孵仔鱼全长2．3～2．5mm,卵黄囊长径1．075～1．25mm,短径0．60～0．675mm。     

漠斑牙鲆微咸水养殖试验

在盐度为2.0～3.0的微咸水条件下,用已淡化的漠斑牙鲆鱼种开展漠斑牙鲆工厂化养殖试验。经183d养殖,漠斑牙鲆平均体重由45g增长至313g,平均增重268g,日均增重1.46g,成活率92.9%,平均产量7.21kg/m2,投饲系数0.73。     

双齿围沙蚕-牙鲆网箱综合养殖模型碳、氮收支的实验研究

在实验室条件下, 设计相同的牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus)鱼苗网箱养殖密度(密度5尾/箱, 鱼苗体质量约21 g), 分别与不同数量的双齿围沙蚕(Perinereis albuhitensis, 0 g, 50 g, 70 g, 90 g)混合养殖, 4个实验组分别记作C、S1、S2和S3, 网箱规格为Ф60 cm×30 cm。各实验组设3个平行组, 实验进行40 d。牙鲆和沙蚕在称重前均饥饿24 h, 同时取5尾牙鲆和20 g沙蚕作为实验初始样品。实验期间, 每天07:30和18:00分2次投喂配合饲料, 根据对照组饵料剩余情况适时调整投喂量, 每个实验单元的投饵量基本一致, 此过程中不处理残饵和粪便。实验单元采用微流水, 流量为250~500 L/d。实验期间, 24 h持续微量充气。至实验结束时, 全部生物饥饿24 h。将其全部取出, 擦干体表水分, 称重后置于70℃干燥箱中烘干至衡重, 研磨、分析。结果表明, 对照组(C)的底质积累碳、氮量最高, 各实验组水体净输出的氮和有机碳量以及呼吸碳量分别无显著差异(P>0.05)。饲料是碳、氮输入的主要来源。在输出各项中, 各个实验组水体净输出氮占输出氮比例无显著差异(P>0.05), 而系统净排放氮以对照组所占比例最高, 但与S1和S2组无显著差异(P>0.05); 对照组底质积累氮所占输出氮比例显著高于S2和S3组(P<0.05)。对照组底质积累碳所占比例显著高于其他各实验组(P<0.05); 对照组和S1组的水体净输出有机碳比例显著高于S3组(P<0.05), 而S3组碳净排放占碳输出的比例显著低于对照组和S1组(P<0.05)。碳、氮产投比均以对照组最低。在本研究条件下, 双齿围沙蚕在综合养殖模型中可利用牙鲆网箱养殖产生的残饵和粪便, 减少底质碳、氮积累, 提高产投比, 综合养殖模型既可以降低碳、氮排放, 又可以增加产品产出。结论认为, 网箱养殖牙鲆搭配双齿围沙蚕的综合养殖模型理论上具有可行性, 双齿围沙蚕可以作为牙鲆网箱养殖产生的残饵和粪便的一道有效处理屏障, 此模型在港湾和围堰鱼类网箱养殖中更有意义。

     

Development of Aquaculture Methods for Southern Flounder,Paralichthys lethostigma

ABSTRACT

A detailed spawning and larval rearing protocol for the production of southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, is presented. The protocol is based on the results of spawning, larval culture and fingerling production trials with the southern flounder, which were completed during 1998 and 1999. Seventy-six brood fish (0.1-3.8 kg) were collected from the wild, acclimated to captivity, and stocked in matura tion tanks. Sex ratio (male:female) was 1.1:1. Males (0.1-1.0 kg; mean = 0.5 kg±0.30 SD) were significantly smaller (P > 000.1) than females (0.5-3.8 kg; mean =1.8 kg±0.75 SD). Spermatogenesis was achieved using temperature manipulation during a 3-month period. Vitellogenesis was nearly completed when most females were caught, and final ovulation was accomplished using gonadotropin releasing hormone-analogue (GnRH-a) implants and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). Eggs were obtained from both tank and strip spawnings. At 24-26°C, fertilized eggs hatched within 24-28 hours. Weaning to artificial diets was completed after 5 weeks, when metamorphosis was completed. Epizootics of Vibriosis and Amyloodinium ocellatum caused massive mortalities. Average survival rate from eggs to fully metamorphosed fingerlings was 30%, ranging from 5-40%. A total of 14,562 juveniles measuring 5 cm were produced in these experimental trials. Approximately 25% of the fingerlings exhibited pigment abnormalities known as hypomelanosis or pseudo-albinism on the dark side and hypermelanosis or ambicoloration on the blind side. Reversed asymmetry was observed in 5% of the fingerlings and a few individuals (0.02%) exhibited no ocular migration at all. A large size variation was observed during early larval development stages, with larger individuals growing faster through post-larval, juvenile, and adult stages. Results suggest that hatchery production of southern flounder fingerlings should rely on early culling of runts.