Effect of winter feeding frequency on growth performance, biochemical blood parameters, oxidative stress, and appetite-related genes in Takifugu rubripes

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Tiger pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes) is one of Asia's most economically valuable aquaculture species. However, winter production of this species in North China is limited by low water temperature and unavailability of high-quality feed, resulting in high mortality and low profitability. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of feeding frequency (F1: one daily meal; F2: two daily meals; F3: four daily meals; F4: continuous diurnal feeding using a belt feeder) on the growth performance, plasma biochemistry, digestive and antioxidant enzyme activities, and expression of appetite-related genes in T. rubripes (initial weight: 266.80 ± 12.32 g) cultured during winter (18.0 ± 1.0 °C) for 60 days. The results showed that fish in the F3 group had the highest final weight, weight gain rate, specific growth rate, survival rate, and best feed conversion ratio. Additionally, daily feed intake increased significantly with increasing feeding frequency. The protein efficiency and lipid efficiency ratios of fish in the F3 group were significantly higher than those of fish in the other groups. Furthermore, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and glucose levels increased with increasing feeding frequency, peaking in the F2 group and decreasing under higher feeding frequencies. The antioxidant (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione, and glutathione peroxidase) and digestive (trypsin, amylase, and lipase) enzyme activities of fish in the F1 group were significantly higher than those of fish in the F3 and F4 groups. Additionally, there was a decrease in orexin expression with increasing feeding frequency. In contrast, the expression levels of tachykinin, cholecystokinin, and leptin increased with increasing feeding frequency, peaking in the F4 group. Overall, the findings of this study indicated that a feeding frequency of four meals per day was optimal for improved growth performance of pufferfish juveniles cultured during winter.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

Fish physiology and biochemistry - 48(2022), 5 vom: 09. Okt., Seite 1167-1181

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gao, Xiaoqiang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinyi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hongxu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Yingying [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Shuquan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Haibin [VerfasserIn]
Xing, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Baoliang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Amylases
Antioxidants
Appetite-related gene
Catalase
Cholecystokinin
Cholesterol
EC 1.11.1.6
EC 1.11.1.9
EC 1.15.1.1
EC 3.1.1.3
EC 3.2.1.-
EC 3.4.21.4
Feeding regime
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Glucose
Glutathione
Glutathione Peroxidase
Growth performance
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Journal Article
Leptin
Lipase
Lipids
Orexins
Oxidative stress
Superoxide Dismutase
Takifugu rubripes
Triglycerides
Trypsin
Water

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Date Completed 25.10.2022

Date Revised 27.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10695-022-01107-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344608980