Effects of varying dietary compositions using common feed ingredients on growth and feed efficiency of pond-raised channel catfishIctalurus punctatus(Rafinesque)

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menghe H Li ◽  
Edwin H Robinson ◽  
Brian G Bosworth ◽  
Daniel F Oberle ◽  
Penelope M Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Feed Ingredients

scholarly journals SALARECON connects the Atlantic salmon genome to growth and feed efficiency

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maksim Zakhartsev ◽  
Filip Rotnes ◽  
Marie Gulla ◽  
Ove Øyås ◽  
Jesse C. J. van Dam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Metabolic Model ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Farmed Fish ◽  
Feed Ingredients ◽  
Metabolic Fluxes ◽  
Commercial Feed ◽  
Limiting Amino Acids

Background: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is the most valuable farmed fish globally and there is much interest in optimizing its genetics and conditions for growth and feed efficiency. Also, marine feed ingredients must be replaced to meet global demand with challenges for fish health and sustainability. Metabolic models can address this by connecting genomes to metabolism, which is what converts nutrients in the feed to energy and biomass, but they are currently not available for major aquaculture species such as salmon. Results: We present SALARECON, a metabolic model that links the Atlantic salmon genome to metabolic fluxes and growth. It performs well in standardized tests and reflects expected metabolic (in)capabilities. We show that it can explain observed growth under hypoxia in terms of metabolic fluxes and apply it to aquaculture by simulating growth with commercial feed ingredients. Predicted feed efficiencies and limiting amino acids agree with data, and the model suggests that marine feed efficiency can be achieved by supplementing a few amino acids to plant- and insect-based feeds. Conclusion: SALARECON is a high-quality model that makes it possible to simulate Atlantic salmon metabolism and growth from the genome. It can explain Atlantic salmon physiology and address key challenges in aquaculture.

scholarly journals 87 Energy and lysine utilization and requirements of lactating sows

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 75-76
Author(s):  
Peter K Theil
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Milk Composition ◽  
Feed Composition ◽  
Feed Ingredients ◽  
Lactating Sows

Abstract Energy and lysine are the two most important aspects for sow productivity, but how should we understand such a simple thing as feed efficiency in lactating sows? Feed intake, feed composition, utilization of feed ingredients, milk yield, milk composition and body mobilization are the traits that needs to be integrated to understand how efficiently lactating sows utilize their feed.

Fine Structural Alterations in Thyroid Follicular Cells (FC) and Changes in Serum Thyroxine Produced by Feeding Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) to Rats

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 498-499
Author(s):  
W.T. Collins ◽  
Charles C. Capen ◽  
Louis Kasza
Keyword(s):  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Polychlorinated Biphenyl ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Hepatic Necrosis ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Lymphoid Tissues ◽  
Heat Transfer Fluids ◽  
Thyroid Follicular Cells ◽  
Peripheral Metabolism

The widespread contamination of the environment with PCB, a compound used extensively by industry in hydraulic and heat transfer fluids as well as plasticizers and solvents in adhesives and sealants, has resulted in detectable tissue levels in a large portion of the human population, domestic animals, and wildlife. Intoxication with PCB produces severe hepatic necrosis, degeneration of lymphoid tissues and kidney, skin lesions, decreased reproductive performance, reduced feed efficiency, and decreased weight gain. PCB also has been reported to reduce the binding of thyroid hormone to serum proteins and enhance the peripheral metabolism of thyroxine with increased excretion of thyroxine-glucuronide in the bile (Bastomsky, Endocrinology 95: 1150-1155, 1974).The objectives of this investigation were (1) to investigate the histopathologic, histochemical, and ultrastructural changes in thyroid FC produced by the acute (4 week) and chronic (12 week) administration of low (50 ppm) and high (500 ppm) doses of PCB to rats, (2) to correlate these alterations to changes in serum immunoreactive thyroxine concentration, and (3) to investigate the persistence of the effects of PCB on the thyroid gland.

Evaluation of unconventional poultry feed in broilers

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Blood Meal ◽  
Feed Consumption ◽  
Trial Period ◽  
Feed Ingredients ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Broiler Production ◽  
Group I ◽  
Unconventional Feed

Background: Commercial broiler is a rapidly growing sector in Bangladesh. The broilers are supplied with the balanced ration prepared from a number of ingredients which are not available uniformly throughout the years. On the other hands, manufactured feeds are costly and inconvenient for the rural farmers. This study is undertaken to use unconventional feed ingredients aiming to decrease the broiler production cost. Method: A total of ninety-nine day- old broiler chicks (Hubbard) of either sex were used in this study in 3 treatment groups to assess processed unconventional feed item (shoti, blood meal, poultry dropping and molasses) on growth and profitability upon rearing for 60 days. Broilers were reared in dip litter system and were fed ad libitum on conventional and unconventional diet dividing into 3 treatment diets namely, treatment diet 1 (T1: Conventional as control), treatment diet 2 (T2: unconventional with blood meal and shoti), and treatment diet 3 (T3: unconventional with blood meal, shoti, poultry droppings and molasses) throughout the trial period. Treatment group 1 (T1) was used as control. Results: Broilers fed on control diet (conventional feed) achieved higher (P<0.01) body weight, while the broilers offered diets with the highest amount of unconventional feed had the lowest body weight. Increased (P<0.01) feed intake was observed during 21days and 49 days of age when broilers fed diets with the supplementation, but no significant differences were found among the groups in terms of feed consumption during 33 day of age. FCR differed significantly (P<.01) throughout the trial period with the broilers fed diets without supplementation of unconventional feed item had the superior FCR than the others. Mortality rate was 6.06%,9.09%, and 9.09% in treatment group I, treatment group II, and treatment group III respectively while live weights, feed conversion and feed consumption was unaffected by all the dietary groups with/without incorporation of unconventional feed item up to day 60 days of age. Statistically significant (P<0.01) decreased live weight was observed among the treatment groups in 60-day-old birds. Productivity and cost-benefit analysis were performed. Conclusion: Use of unconventional feed ingredients in broiler production greatly reduces the feed cost with little hampering the growth rate and hence, it is profitable for the farmers.

1476 Endocannabinoid concentrations in plasma associated with feed efficiency and carcass composition on crossbreed steers

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (suppl_5) ◽  
pp. 716-717
Author(s):  
V. M. Artegoitia ◽  
A. P. Foote ◽  
R. M. Lewis ◽  
D. A. King ◽  
S. D. Shackelford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Carcass Composition

Endocannabinoid concentrations in plasma during the finishing period are associated with feed efficiency and carcass composition of beef cattle

2017 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
V. M. Artegoitia ◽  
A. P. Foote ◽  
R. G. Tait ◽  
L. A. Kuehn ◽  
R. M. Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Carcass Composition

scholarly journals PSIV-B-28 Late-Breaking: Performance and carcass quality of Nelore bull’s progenies with contrasting traits for precocity, growth and muscularity

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 319-321
Author(s):  
Taiane S Martins ◽  
Juliana Silva ◽  
Lenise Mueller ◽  
Tamyres Amorim ◽  
Annelise Aila G Lobo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Average Daily Gain ◽  
Backfat Thickness ◽  
Longissimus Muscle ◽  
Muscle Area ◽  
Final Body Weight ◽  
Fat Thickness ◽  
Nelore Cattle ◽  
Daily Gain

Abstract The goal of this study was to evaluate the performance and the carcass traits of Nelore cattle progenies from bulls selected by contrasting traits for precocity, growth and muscularity, through the Expected Progeny Difference (EPD). One hundred and five Nelore bulls (initial weight of 350kg±15kg) and 20 months of age were confined and fed with same diet (73% of concentrate). Thirty-two animals were selected to create the contrasting groups for precocity, growth and muscularity (16 animals assigned as a low EPD group - LEPD and 16 animals assigned as a high EPD group - HEPD), based on the EPD of their parents. The ribeye area and backfat thickness were performed by ultrasonography of 12–13th rib fat thickness and longissimus muscle area (LMA), as well as rump fat thickness (RF) measurements. Animals were harvested after 100 days and during the deboning, meat cuts were weight for cutting yield. The animals selected for the HEPD group had greater average daily gain (P = 0.006), which can be explained by the higher feed intake (P = 0.006). However, there are no difference between groups for the final body weight (P = 0.254) and feed efficiency (P = 0.715). The LEPD group presented higher dressing percentage (P = 0.028). Although the groups evaluated did not presented difference in LMA (P = 0.329) and weight of longissimus muscle (P = 0.480), the weight of rump displayed heaviest in the HEPD (P = 0.037). There was no difference between groups for RF (P = 0.086). Nevertheless, backfat thickness was higher in HEPD group (P = 0.006). The present study indicates that Nelore cattle progenies, with parents displaying higher potential for precocity, growth, and muscularity, show greater backfat thickness and weightiest of rump than the other genetic backgrounds. Thanks to FAPESP for the scholarship (Grant # 2017/02349–1).

scholarly journals The origin of N isotopic discrimination and its relationship with feed efficiency in fattening yearling bulls is diet-dependent

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. e0234344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayyed Mahmoud Nasrollahi ◽  
Sarah Jade Meale ◽  
Diego P. Morgavi ◽  
Anne Marie Schiphorst ◽  
Richard J. Robins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Isotopic Discrimination
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