Growth of Australian shortfin eel (Anguilla Australis) elvers given different dietary protein and lipid levels De Silva, Sena, Gunasekera, R. M., Gooley, G. and Ingram, B. A. 2001, Growth of Australian shortfin eel (Anguilla Australis) elvers given different dietary protein and lipid levels, Aquaculture nutrition, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 53-57, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2095.2001.00156.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Growth of Australian shortfin eel (Anguilla Australis) elvers given different dietary protein and lipid levels Formatted title Growth of Australian shortfin eel (Anguilla Australis) elvers given different dietary protein and lipid levels Author(s) De Silva, Sena Gunasekera, R. M. Gooley, G. Ingram, B. A. Journal name Aquaculture nutrition Volume number 7 Issue number 1 Start page 53 End page 57 Publisher Blackwell Science Ltd Place of publication Bingley, England Publication date 2001 ISSN 1353-5773 1365-2095 Keyword(s) dietary lipid dietary protein growth shortfin eel (Anguilla australis) soya-bean meal Summary The Australian shortfin eel, Anguilla australis is a potential candidate for intensive aquaculture. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the growth of elvers (5.4 g ± 0.1 initial weight) fed with diets of varying protein and lipid content, and to assess the potential of using soya-bean meal as a dietary ingredient. A 10 week experiment was conducted at 24 (±1.0) °C by rearing fish, in 60 L conical fibre glass tanks using a closed recirculation system. Diets having protein concentrations of 40 or 50% (by dry weight) were tested at three lipid levels (15, 20, 25%); diets being designated P40L15, P40L20, P40L25, P50L15, etc. All these diets contained 5% soya-bean meal. In addition P50L20 diets were formulated to contain 10 and 20% soya-bean meal in the diet (Diets S1 & S2). Shortfin eel grew best on the P50L15 diet, with an average specific growth rate of 2.26%. Food conservation ratio (FCR) and Protein efficiency ratio (PER) ranged from 1.21 (P50L15) to 2.12 (P40L25), and 0.92 (P50L25) to 1.65 (P50L15), respectively. Based on all criteria the best growth performance of shortfin eel was on the P50L15 diet, followed by P40L20 and P40L15. At both protein levels fish reared on diets with 25% lipid performed poorly. The performance of shortfin eel was not affected by the amount of soya-bean meal in the diet, up to a maximum of 20% dietary inclusion. No significant differences in muscle protein were evident in shortfin eel reared on different dietary treatments, nor was the lipid content of muscle related to dietary lipid level. Language eng DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2095.2001.00156.x Field of Research 070401 Aquaculture Socio Economic Objective 970107 Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2001, Blackwell Science Ltd Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001342 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Ecology and Environment Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 21 Sep 2012, 12:40:47 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 20 times in TR Web of Science Cited 22 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 653 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 07:54:16 EST

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