Optimal dietary lipid level of silver barb, Puntius gonionotus fingerlings in relation to growth, nutrient retention and digestibility, muscle nucleic acid content and digestive enzyme activity

By K. N. Mohanta, S. N. Mohanty, J. Jena, N. P. Sahu. 2008

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Five iso-nitrogenous (300 g kg−1 diet) purified diets with graded level of lipid at 40 (D-1), 60 (D-2), 80 (D-3), 100 (D-4) and 120 (D-5) g kg−1 diet were fed to Puntius gonionotus fingerlings for 90 days to determine their dietary lipid requirement. Two hundred and twenty-five fingerlings (average weight 2.34 ± 0.03 g) were equally distributed in five treatments in triplicate groups with 15 fish per replicate. Fifteen flow-through cement tanks of 100 L capacity with a flow rate of 0.5 L min−1 were used for rearing the fish. Specific growth rate (SGR), feed conversion ratio (FCR), nutrient digestibility, retention, digestive enzyme activity, RNA : DNA ratio and whole-body composition were considered as the response parameters with respect to dietary lipid levels. Maximum SGR and minimum FCR with highest RNA : DNA ratio, whole-body protein content and digestive enzyme activity was found in D-3 group fed with 80 g kg−1 diet lipid. Nutrient digestibility was similar in all the groups irrespective of the dietary lipid level. Maximum protein and energy retention was recorded at 80 g kg−1 dietary lipid fed group. However, from the second-order polynomial regression analysis, the maximum growth of P. gonionotus fingerlings was found at 96.9 g lipid kg−1 diet.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Physiology

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