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Energy conversion in the prawn Metapenaeus dobsoni (Miers) fed on artificial feed

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Title Energy conversion in the prawn Metapenaeus
dobsoni (Miers) fed on artificial feed
 
Creator Thomas, M M
Easterson, D C V
Kathirvel, M
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Measured quantities of feed containing 33.33% by weight of tapioca
powder, 16.67% of rice bran, 41.67% of fishmeal and 8.33% of mineral supplements
(Starmin PS), made into pellets, using agar-agar as binding agent, were
fed to Metapenaeiis dobsoni. Mean gross and net conversion (growth) efficiencies,
Ki and : 2. were; 39.62% and 49.34%. Average assimilation efHciency was of
the order 80.99%.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1984
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/452/1/Article_15.pdf
Thomas, M M and Easterson, D C V and Kathirvel, M (1984) Energy conversion in the prawn Metapenaeus dobsoni (Miers) fed on artificial feed. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 31 (2). pp. 309-312.