The effect of aerobic exercise and starvation on growth performance and postprandial metabolic response in juvenile southern catfish ( Silurus meridionalis )

Sustained exercise-trained juvenile black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) at a moderate water velocity exhibit improved aerobic swimming performance and increased postprandial metabolic responses

“…In this study, sustained exercise training at 1, 2 and 4 BL s −1 for 8 weeks did not produce any effect on RMR. Similar findings were also demonstrated in fish species, such as southern catfish subjected to sustained training at 1 and 2 BL s −1 for 8 weeks ( Li et al, 2016 ), darkbarbel catfish subjected to exhaustive chasing training for 14 days ( Liu et al, 2009 ) and yellowtail kingfish subjected to sustained training at 0.75 BL s −1 for 6 weeks ( Brown et al, 2011 ).…”

“…For example, cyprinid such as qingbo exhibited a higher PMR after exercise training, while another close related cyprinid, rock carp, exhibited a lower PMR after exercise training ( Li et al, 2013a , b ). Studies on catfish species found that PMR was inflexible when darkbarbel catfish and southern catfish underwent training ( Li et al, 2010a , b , 2016 ). Though the precise reasons behind these different results are unknown, the change in PMR in cyprinids after exercise training may be partially due to the great flexibility of cardio-respiratory systems, which is the byproduct of natural selection on hypoxia tolerance in cyprinids during evolution ( Nilsson and Renshaw, 2004 ; Fu et al, 2011 , 2013 ).…”

“…Exercise training has been found to have complex effects on a variety of vertebrates, including humans ( Hoppeler et al, 1985 ; Smart and Marwick, 2004 ), mammals ( Musch et al, 1985 ; Evans and Rose, 1988 ), birds ( Butler and Turner, 1988 ), reptiles ( Thompson, 1997 ; Owerkowicz and Baudinette, 2008 ), amphibians ( Pang et al, 2011 ; Miller and Camilliere, 1981 ) and fish ( Davison, 1997 ; Li et al, 2016 ). Fish are an ideal research object of exercise training because of their habit of swimming against the current ( Davison, 1997 ).…”

“…In the past, most of the research on exercise training in fish has been focused on cold-water salmonids, such as rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) ( Farrell et al, 1990 ; Larsen et al, 2012 ), Atlantic salmon ( Salmo sala r) ( Totland et al, 1987 ; Castro et al, 2011 ) and chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) ( Gallaugher et al, 2001 ). However, there have been several recent studies on warm-water teleosts, such as qingbo ( Spinibarbus sinensis ) ( Li et al, 2013a ), rock carp ( Procypris rabaudi ) ( Li et al, 2013b ), common carp ( Cyprinus carpio ) ( He et al, 2013 ), darkbarbel catfish ( Peltebagrus vachelli ) ( Liu et al, 2009 ; Li et al, 2010a ) and southern catfish ( Silurus meridionalis ) ( Li et al, 2010b , 2016 ), thus increasing the knowledge of these species after exercise training.…”

Effects of prolonged exercise training and exhaustive chasing training on the swimming performance of an endangered bream Megalobrama pellegrini

“…So far, a large number of the studies investigating the effects of exercise training on fish species have studied cold-water salmonids (Davison & Goldspink 1977, Davison 1997, Castro et al 2011. However, there has been some recent work on warm-water teleosts that has increased our knowledge of exercise training in these fish species (Li et al 2013(Li et al , 2016. Survival, growth and reproduction in fish depend heavily on swimming ability (Brett 1964, Blake 2004, Graham et al 2004, Kieffer 2010, Cai et al 2014.…”