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Dietary protein and lipid concentrations affect the growth, nutritional indices, and whole-body composition of long-whisker catfish, Mystus gulio, fry

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Nine semi-purified diets with three different levels of protein (350, 400, and 450 g/kg diet) and lipid (80, 120 and 160 g/kg diet) were fed ad libitum to Mystus gulio fry (0.16 g) in triplicate groups (20 fish/replicate) for 90 days. Flow-through fiber-reinforced tanks (50 L; water flow rate of 0.5 L/min) were used for rearing the fish. Result of the experiment showed that the dietary protein, lipid, and their interactions affect significantly (P < 0.05) the weight gain, specific growth rate (SGR), protein efficiency ratio (PER), protein productive value (PPV), energy productive value (EPV), and feed conversion ratio (FCR). Among all the dietary treatment groups, the fish fed diet containing 400 g protein and 120 g lipid/kg resulted in significantly higher (P < 0.05) weight gain (4.62 g), SGR (3.77%/day), PER (1.52), PPV (23.39%), and EPV (64.74%) and lower FCR (1.64). The whole-body protein (15.28%) and lipid (5.33%) contents were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in fish fed diets containing 400 g protein and 120 g lipid/kg diet and 350 g protein and 160 g lipid/kg diet, respectively. Second-order polynomial regression analysis indicates that the optimum protein and lipid requirements of M. gulio fry are 409–411 g protein/kg diet and 122–126 g lipid/kg diet, respectively.

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The authors are thankful to the Director, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar, India, for extending all the infrastructure facilities needed for the experiment.

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    Rooprekha Khatua, Rojalin Pattanayak & Choudhury Suryakant Mishra

  2. ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, 751002, Odisha, India

    Kedar Nath Mohanta & Nitish Kumar Chandan

  3. Kakdwip Research Centre of ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai, India

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1 Rooprekha Khatua: Procurement and analysis of feed ingredients and experimental feeds, fish samples, experimental diet preparation, and feeding of fish. 2 Kedar Nath Mohanta: Experimental design, data representation, and manuscript preparation. 3 Nitish Kumar Chandan: Statistical analysis. 4 Rojalin Pattanayak: Experimental design and feed formulation. 5 Choudhury Suryakant Mishra: Collection of literature and editing of manuscript. 6 Prem Kumar: Procurement of experimental fish, acclimatization to laboratory condition, and fish maintenance

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Khatua, R., Mohanta, K.N., Chandan, N.K. et al. Dietary protein and lipid concentrations affect the growth, nutritional indices, and whole-body composition of long-whisker catfish, Mystus gulio, fry. Aquacult Int 29, 2085–2099 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-021-00738-x

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