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An assessment of the protein and amino acid requirements in goldfish ( Carassius auratus ) larvae

An assessment of the protein and amino acid requirements in goldfish ( Carassius auratus ) larvae An assessment of the protein and amino acid requirements in goldfish (Carassius auratus) larvae By E. DIDIER FIOGBE P. KESTEMONT and Unite' d'Ecologie des Eaux Douces, Faculte's UniversitairesN.D. de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium Introduction Several techniques are used to estimate the nutritional requirements of fish. Although useful and easy to analyse, classical growth response curves have some limitations because of the difficulty to estimate the requirements for growth and those for maintenance separately. Other biochemical and metabolic criteria (use of egg and tissue composition, nutrient incrementation, oxydative catabolism, enzymatic activities) are based on dose-response relationships. These techniques have been introduced because they are more rapid and provide the physiological baseline on nutritional requirements and the nutritional status of fish (KAUSHIK1986). The protein and amino acid requirements of some commonly cultivated juveniles of fish and (trout, salmon, common carp, tilapia) have been determined by several authors (OGINO KAWASAKI1980; JAUNCEY 1983; TAKEDA 1985), while these requirements have not yet been determined for fish larvae. It is assumed that larval requirements might be quite different to those of juvenile or adult fish, and this may be due to the lack of functional structure such as the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Ichthyology Wiley

An assessment of the protein and amino acid requirements in goldfish ( Carassius auratus ) larvae

Journal of Applied Ichthyology , Volume 11 (3‐4) – Dec 1, 1995

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Wiley
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Copyright © 1995 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0175-8659
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1439-0426
DOI
10.1111/j.1439-0426.1995.tb00028.x
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An assessment of the protein and amino acid requirements in goldfish (Carassius auratus) larvae By E. DIDIER FIOGBE P. KESTEMONT and Unite' d'Ecologie des Eaux Douces, Faculte's UniversitairesN.D. de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium Introduction Several techniques are used to estimate the nutritional requirements of fish. Although useful and easy to analyse, classical growth response curves have some limitations because of the difficulty to estimate the requirements for growth and those for maintenance separately. Other biochemical and metabolic criteria (use of egg and tissue composition, nutrient incrementation, oxydative catabolism, enzymatic activities) are based on dose-response relationships. These techniques have been introduced because they are more rapid and provide the physiological baseline on nutritional requirements and the nutritional status of fish (KAUSHIK1986). The protein and amino acid requirements of some commonly cultivated juveniles of fish and (trout, salmon, common carp, tilapia) have been determined by several authors (OGINO KAWASAKI1980; JAUNCEY 1983; TAKEDA 1985), while these requirements have not yet been determined for fish larvae. It is assumed that larval requirements might be quite different to those of juvenile or adult fish, and this may be due to the lack of functional structure such as the

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Journal of Applied IchthyologyWiley

Published: Dec 1, 1995

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