Compensatory growth, feed utilization and activity in gibel carp, following feed deprivation |
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| Authors: | X Qian Y Cui †‡ B Xiong Y Yang † |
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| Institution: | Fisheries College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China;State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | Following a period of food deprivation, gibel carp compensated for growth through increased feed intake and conversion efficiency, but increased conversion efficiency was not achieved by increasing digestibility or reducing activity. |
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| Keywords: | compensatory growth feed utilization activity Carassius auratus gibelio |
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