Optimum concentrations of anesthetic clove oil and anesthetic lidocaine-HCl were
determined for a species of adult marine medaka, Oryzias
dancena, over a range of salinity conditions, and investigated in a
transport simulation experiment by analyzing various water and physiological
parameters. Research indicated that the higher the concentration of anesthetic
at each salinity, the shorter the anesthesia time at each salinity. At each
concentration, fish were anesthetized slower at water salinities over 10 ppt
(P<0.05). Anesthesia time at 10 ppt was faster than any
other salinity. In 10 ppt salinity, the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations and
respiratory frequencies of the clove-oil-administered groups decreased until 48
hours (P<0.05), whereas the NH4+ and
CO2 concentrations increased until 48 hours
(P<0.05). In same period, the DO,
NH4+, and CO2 concentrations and
respiratory frequencies all decreased as the clove oil concentration increased
(P<0.05). The trends in the DO,
NH4+, and CO2 concentrations and
respiratory frequencies in the lidocaine-HCl-administered groups were similar to
those in the clove-oil-administered groups. In conclusion, clove oil and
lidocaine-HCl are effective anesthetics, improving the transportation of the
marine medaka. The results from this study will contribute to safe laboratory
handling of the marine medaka, which are commonly required by many research
studies and experiments.
: A 32 factorial experiment was conducted to determine the effects of dietary protein and lipid levels on the growth and body composition of juvenile far eastern catfish. Six diets were formulated to contain three levels of protein (20%, 30% and 40%) and two levels of lipid (9% and 17%). Triplicate groups of fish (initial body weight of 7.6 g) were hand-fed to apparent satiation for 66 days. Final mean weight was improved with increasing dietary protein and lipid levels, and the highest final mean weight was observed in fish fed the 40/17 (% protein/% lipid) diet. No significant difference was observed in final mean weight for fish fed between 30/17 diet and 40/9 diet. Feed efficiency of fish fed the diets containing over 30% protein levels with 9% and 17% lipid levels were significantly higher than those of fish fed the 20% protein levels. Feed efficiency of fish fed the 30/17 diet was not significantly different from that of fish fed the 40/9 diet or 40/17 diet. Feed efficiency and protein efficiency ratio of fish fed the 20% protein diets with 17% lipid level were significantly higher than those of fish fed 9% lipid diet. Daily feed intake of fish tended to decrease with increasing dietary protein and lipid levels. Moisture content of whole body in fish fed the 9% lipid diets was significantly higher than that of fish fed the 17% lipid diets at the same protein level, but the opposite trends were found for crude lipid content. Significant effects of dietary lipid were observed for most fatty acids, according to their relative values in the diets. The results of this study suggest that the protein requirement for maximum growth of juvenile far eastern catfish may be higher than 40%, and an increase of dietary lipid level from 9% to 17% can improve growth and feed utilization.
Olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, is one of the highest valued finfish species for aquaculture in Korea, Japan and China due to its good flavour and excellent growth. Its annual aquaculture production in 2018 ranked the highest (43,245 metric tons) among the annual production of marine finfish in Korea (KOSIS, 2020). To date, many feeding trials, such as dietary protein and lipid re
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