Effect of Three Diets on Growth and Survival Rates of African Catfish Heterobranchus bidorsalis Larvae

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dc.contributor.authorAlla, Yao Laurent
dc.contributor.authorCélestin, Ble Melecony
dc.contributor.authorCélestin, Atse Boua
dc.contributor.authorTidiani, Kone
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-09T20:39:44Z
dc.date.available2014-06-09T20:39:44Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractInvestigations are underway in the Centre de Recherches Océanologiques d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) to find whether the catfish (Heterobranchus bidorsalis) could be an interesting aquaculture species. Within this framework a 28-day aquarium culture feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of three diets (Artemia salina nauplii, beef brain enriched with vitamins, and a compound food) on the growth and survival rates in 2-day post hatch H. bidorsalis. The feeding experiments started after the yolk sac of the larvae was absorbed (initial mean weight = 2.03±0.38 mg). Larvae fed Artemia nauplii had a higher growth rate (final mean weight = 708.60±411.61 mg] than those fed beef brain (381.81±118.88 mg) or compound food (102.72±48.09 mg). Conversely, the beef brain diet yielded a better survival rate (70.47±9.48%) than the Artemia nauplii (38.72±7.74%) or the compound diet (5.37±2.24%). Thus, beef brain can be used as a starter food for larval rearing of H. bidorsalis.
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dc.identifier.citationYao Laurent Alla, Ble Melecony Célestin, Atse Boua Célestin, Kone Tidiani (2011). Effect of Three Diets on Growth and Survival Rates of African Catfish Heterobranchus bidorsalis Larvae. The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh, 63, 8 pp.
dc.identifier.issn0792-156X
dc.identifier.otherIIC:63.2011.539
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/36300
dc.publisherIsraeli Journal of Aquaculture - BAMIGDEH
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh
dc.subjectHeterobranchus bidorsalis
dc.subjectgrowth
dc.subjectsurvival
dc.subjectArtemia salina
dc.subjectbeef brain
dc.subjectformulated food
dc.subject.lcshFish culture--Israel--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshFish culture--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshAquaculture--Israel--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshAquaculture--Periodicals.
dc.titleEffect of Three Diets on Growth and Survival Rates of African Catfish Heterobranchus bidorsalis Larvae

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