Essentiality of Ca supplement to white fish meal diet for tiger puffer
1997
Furuichi, M. (Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan)) | Furusho, Y. | Hossain, M.A. | Matsui, S. | Azuma, R.
The essentiality of Calcium (Ca supplement to a white fish meal diet for tiger puffer Takifugu rubripes was investigated with two rearing experiments. Fish were fed on a white fish meal diet with or without Ca supplement for 12 weeks and 14 weeks in experiments 1 and 2, respectively. Poorer growth and feed efficiency were found in the Ca non-supplemented group. A deletion of Ca from the diet increased the bone lipid, Zn, and Cu contents. The present study suggests that Ca supplement to a white fishmeal diet is essential or proper growth and feed efficiency of tiger puffer
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