The effects of delayed initial feeding on the growth and survival of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)

Three sets of experiments were conducted to determine the point of no return (PNR), growth rate, and survival of silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) larvae. In each of the experiments, the larvae were exposed to different initial feeding delays, starting from yolk sac exhaustion at 4 days post hatching...

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Main Authors: Sulaeman, Fotedar, Ravi
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://www.bioflux.com.ro/docs/2018.1025-1037.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71060
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description Three sets of experiments were conducted to determine the point of no return (PNR), growth rate, and survival of silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) larvae. In each of the experiments, the larvae were exposed to different initial feeding delays, starting from yolk sac exhaustion at 4 days post hatching (dph). The PNR experiment was conducted for eight days to test different delayed initial feeding of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 days respectively, while growth and survival experiments were conducted for 20 days at 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 delayed initial feedings, with unfed larvae as a control group. The result showed that the onset of feeding occurred at 5 dph and PNR was detected between 8 and 9 dph. The specific growth rates at 0, 1, and 2 days of delayed initial feeding were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than the other treatments. The initial feeding also affect the survival rate where the delay of 0 and 1 day were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than the other treatments. These results indicate that initial feeding at 5 and 6 dph has an advantage in growth rate over initial feeding at 7 and 8 dph. Because larval survival at 5 dph initial feeding was higher than at 6 dph, the initial feeding of silver perch larvae should start at 5 dph.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-710602019-02-14T06:00:04Z The effects of delayed initial feeding on the growth and survival of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) Sulaeman Fotedar, Ravi Three sets of experiments were conducted to determine the point of no return (PNR), growth rate, and survival of silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) larvae. In each of the experiments, the larvae were exposed to different initial feeding delays, starting from yolk sac exhaustion at 4 days post hatching (dph). The PNR experiment was conducted for eight days to test different delayed initial feeding of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 days respectively, while growth and survival experiments were conducted for 20 days at 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 delayed initial feedings, with unfed larvae as a control group. The result showed that the onset of feeding occurred at 5 dph and PNR was detected between 8 and 9 dph. The specific growth rates at 0, 1, and 2 days of delayed initial feeding were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than the other treatments. The initial feeding also affect the survival rate where the delay of 0 and 1 day were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than the other treatments. These results indicate that initial feeding at 5 and 6 dph has an advantage in growth rate over initial feeding at 7 and 8 dph. Because larval survival at 5 dph initial feeding was higher than at 6 dph, the initial feeding of silver perch larvae should start at 5 dph. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71060 http://www.bioflux.com.ro/docs/2018.1025-1037.pdf restricted
spellingShingle Sulaeman
Fotedar, Ravi
The effects of delayed initial feeding on the growth and survival of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)
title The effects of delayed initial feeding on the growth and survival of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)
title_full The effects of delayed initial feeding on the growth and survival of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)
title_fullStr The effects of delayed initial feeding on the growth and survival of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)
title_full_unstemmed The effects of delayed initial feeding on the growth and survival of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)
title_short The effects of delayed initial feeding on the growth and survival of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)
title_sort effects of delayed initial feeding on the growth and survival of silver perch, bidyanus bidyanus (mitchell, 1838)
url http://www.bioflux.com.ro/docs/2018.1025-1037.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71060