White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Optimum Feeding Rates at Weeks 6 and 10 After Initiation of Feeding



Fig. 31.1
Broken lines from 53 to 59 and from 82 to 88 days posthatch




Table 31.1
Growth performances and body proximate composition of sturgeon from 53 to 59 days posthatch




















































Feeding rate
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0

Final BW (g)
3.83 ± 0.06b
4.27 ± 0.15ab
4.46 ± 0.09a
4.62 ± 0.10a
4.8 ± 0.12 a
4.74 ± 0.20a

BWI (%)
37.5 ± 1.74d
50.2 ± 2.03c
56.6 ± 1.56bc
64.0 ± 2.45ab
69.8 ± 2.69ab
70.9 ± 5.57a

Moisture
84.5 ± 0.06a
84.48 ± 0.02ab
83.98 ± 0.15bc
84 ± 0.11bc
83.7 ± 0.13c
83.6 ± 0.14c

Crude fat
3.42 ± 0.05c
3.74 ±0.07bc
4.02 ± 0.17ab
4.27 ± 0.05a
4.27 ± 0.04a
4.38 ± 0.09a


Initial body weights of sturgeon juveniles was 2.3 ± 0.9 g, and body proximate compositions (%) were: moisture 85.8 ± 0.9, crude protein 8.4 ± 0.6, crude fat 3.4 ± 0.3, and ash 1.4 ± 0.1. Means ± S.E.M. (n = 4, P < 0.05)



Table 31.2
Growth performances and body proximate composition of sturgeon from 82 to 88 days posthatch






















Feeding rate
0.8
1.6
2.4
3.2
4.0
4.8

Final bw (g)

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