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dc.contributor.authorSantiago, C. B.
dc.contributor.authorGonzal, A. C.
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-13T07:35:20Z
dc.date.available2014-01-13T07:35:20Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.identifier.citationSantiago, B. C. B., & Gonzal, A. C. (2000). Effect of prepared diet and vitamins A, E and C supplementation on the reproductive performance of cage-reared bighead carp Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 16(1), 8-13.en
dc.identifier.issn0175-8659
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10862/1885
dc.description.abstractTwenty-month-old bighead carp, Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson), were fed prepared dry diets for 20 months in cages in Laguna de Bay, Philippines, to determine the effect on reproductive performance. The experimental diets were similar in composition except for the combinations of vitamins being tested. Diet 1 was supplemented with vitamins A, E and C; diets 2, 3 and 4 each lacked one of the supplementary vitamins; and diet 5 did not include any vitamin supplementation. Bighead carp that relied solely on natural food without a prepared diet served as a control. The total of six treatments each had two replicates. Results showed that the onset of gonad maturation was 2–3 months earlier in the fish that were fed the prepared diets regardless of vitamin supplementation, when compared with the fish that were fed natural food (control). Moreover, the prepared diets enhanced egg hatchability which was significantly higher in fish that were fed diet 1 (+ vitamins A, E and C, 80.5 ± 18.1%) and diet 3 (– vitamin E, 78.5 ± 1.1%) than in those fish that were fed natural food (control) (36.5 ± 31.3%). Mean number of 3-day-old larvae was highest in fish fed on diet 1 (34 525 ± 1732), followed closely by fish that were fed diet 3 (32 420 ± 3909). A low number of 3-day-old larvae was obtained from fish fed the natural diet (14 490 ± 4331) as well as in fish that were fed diet 2 (– vitamin A, 14 347 ± 4863), diet 4 (– vitamin C, 21 407 ± 5840) and diet 5 (– vitamin A, E and C, 12 191 ± 1439). Other criteria for reproduction such as relative fecundity, fertilization rate, and hatching rate did not differ significantly (P > 0.05) among treatments. The addition of vitamins also had no significant effects on weight gain of adult fish.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishingen
dc.titleEffect of prepared diet and vitamins A, E and C supplementation on the reproductive performance of cage-reared bighead carp Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson)en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.citation.volume16
dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.spage8
dc.citation.epage13
dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Applied Ichthyologyen
dc.subject.asfacage cultureen
dc.subject.asfadieten
dc.subject.asfavitamin aen
dc.subject.asfavitamin Cen
dc.subject.asfavitamin Een
dc.subject.asfarearing techniquesen
dc.subject.asfasexual maturityen
dc.identifier.doi10.1046/j.1439-0426.2000.00137.x
dc.subject.scientificNameHypophthalmichthys nobilis


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