Feeding behavior and stress response explain individual differences in feed efficiency in juveniles of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

Aquaculture ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 312 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 192-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catarina I.M. Martins ◽  
Luis E.C. Conceição ◽  
Johan W. Schrama
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.C. Claudino-Silva ◽  
B. Lala ◽  
N.H.A.P. Mora ◽  
C.R. Schamber ◽  
C.S. Nascimento ◽  
...  

Although fumonisins are identified as responsible for alterations in weight gain, little information is available on their effects on expression of growth-related genes, especially for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings. In this study, Nile tilapia fingerlings were treated with increasing levels of fumonisin B1 (FB1) and fumonisin B2 (FB2) (diets of 0, 20, 40, and 60 mg/kg) to evaluate their effects on weight gain (WG), feed intake (FI), feed efficiency (FE), growth hormone receptor (GHR) and insulin growth factor 1 (IGF-1) mRNA expression in liver of this fish. All variables were evaluated at 15 and 30 days of treatment. Diet containing 0 mg fumonisin/kg was used as control treatment. Treatment with 20, 40, and 60 mg fumonisin/kg of diet significantly reduced WG (P<0.0001) and FE (P<0.0001), while GHR and IGF-1 mRNA expression was reduced both at 15 and 30 days of treatment. Feed intake was not affected by diets in any of the evaluated periods. These results indicate that fumonisins (FB1 + FB2) affect the growth of Nile tilapia fingerlings through mechanisms that involve reduction of GHR and IGF-1 expression.


Aquaculture ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 505 ◽  
pp. 271-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugues de Verdal ◽  
Catherine Maeve O'Connell ◽  
Wagdy Mekkawy ◽  
Marc Vandeputte ◽  
Béatrice Chatain ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
pp. 248-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andréia Arantes Felício ◽  
Juliane Silberschmidt Freitas ◽  
Jéssica Bolpeti Scarin ◽  
Luciana de Souza Ondei ◽  
Fabrício Barreto Teresa ◽  
...  

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