Feed intake in Atlantic salmon fed with or without surface spreading of feed
In intensive salmon farming, it is common practice to spread the feed over a large surface area, assuming that spreading of the feed increases feed intake in the fish. However, the impact on the feed pellets during spreading results in feed loss due to pellet breakage. In this study, feed intake, gr...
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ftsintef:oai:sintef.brage.unit.no:11250/2675580 2023-05-15T15:30:55+02:00 Feed intake in Atlantic salmon fed with or without surface spreading of feed Aas, Turid Synnøve Ytrestøyl, Trine Åsgård, Torbjørn Einar Skøien, Kristoffer Rist Alver, Morten Omholt Alfredsen, Jo Arve 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2675580 https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol25iss0pp20-26 eng eng Nofima AS: 2424 CREATE Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences. 2020, 25 (1), 20-26. urn:issn:2410-1079 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2675580 https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol25iss0pp20-26 cristin:1825695 Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/deed.no Copyright (c) 2020 Turid Synnøve Aas, Trine Ytrestøyl, Torbjørn Åsgård, Kristoffer Rist Skøien, Morten Omholt Alver, Jo Arve Alfredsen CC-BY-ND 20-26 25 Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences 1 Atlantic salmon Spreading of feed Feed intake Feeding behavior Journal article 2020 ftsintef https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol25iss0pp20-26 2021-08-04T11:59:51Z In intensive salmon farming, it is common practice to spread the feed over a large surface area, assuming that spreading of the feed increases feed intake in the fish. However, the impact on the feed pellets during spreading results in feed loss due to pellet breakage. In this study, feed intake, growth and signs of aggressive behavior was compared in salmon fed without or with spreading of the feed on the surface area of the tanks. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with initial body weight 0.6 kg were kept in 3.3 m 3 tanks supplied with sea water (salinity 32 %, mean temperature 11 °C) for one month. The salmon were fed one meal daily, either by dropping the feed from one point, or by spreading the feed over the water surface. Feed intake and growth was measured. Fin damage was given a score at termination of the trial as a measure of competitive behavior during feeding. The relative feed intake (i.e. percent of body weight per day) in salmon fed without spreading or with spreading of the feed was 0.63±0.05 and 0.64±0.02 %, respectively. The growth rate was identical in salmon fed without or with spreading of the feed, and no significant difference in variance in final weight was found. No difference in fin damage for salmon fed without or with spreading of the feed was revealed. The data showed that for the conditions used in this trial, spreading of feed had no influence on feed intake or growth of salmon. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Salmo salar SINTEF Open (Brage) Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences [JAMS] 25 20 |
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In intensive salmon farming, it is common practice to spread the feed over a large surface area, assuming that spreading of the feed increases feed intake in the fish. However, the impact on the feed pellets during spreading results in feed loss due to pellet breakage. In this study, feed intake, growth and signs of aggressive behavior was compared in salmon fed without or with spreading of the feed on the surface area of the tanks. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with initial body weight 0.6 kg were kept in 3.3 m 3 tanks supplied with sea water (salinity 32 %, mean temperature 11 °C) for one month. The salmon were fed one meal daily, either by dropping the feed from one point, or by spreading the feed over the water surface. Feed intake and growth was measured. Fin damage was given a score at termination of the trial as a measure of competitive behavior during feeding. The relative feed intake (i.e. percent of body weight per day) in salmon fed without spreading or with spreading of the feed was 0.63±0.05 and 0.64±0.02 %, respectively. The growth rate was identical in salmon fed without or with spreading of the feed, and no significant difference in variance in final weight was found. No difference in fin damage for salmon fed without or with spreading of the feed was revealed. The data showed that for the conditions used in this trial, spreading of feed had no influence on feed intake or growth of salmon. publishedVersion |
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Feed intake in Atlantic salmon fed with or without surface spreading of feed |
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