Daily Variation in Feed Consumption by Channel Catfish
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Progressive Fish-Culturist
- Vol. 50 (2) , 107-110
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8640(1988)050<0107:dvifcb>2.3.co;2
Abstract
Daily feed consumption by 0.09-lb channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) stocked at 50 and 75 lb offish per 0.25-acre pond, and by 0.57-lb channel catfish stocked at 100 and 200 lb offish per 0.25-acre pond, was measured for 157 d. Demand feeders were used to determine feed consumption. Feed consumption routinely varied, on successive days, an average of 61 and 31%, for the 0.57-lb fish stocked at the higher and lower rates, respectively, and 58% for both stocking densities of the 0.09-lb fish.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Winter Feeding of Channel Catfish Based on Maximum Air TemperatureThe Progressive Fish-Culturist, 1987
- Feeding Rate, Water Quality, and Channel Catfish Production in PondsThe Progressive Fish-Culturist, 1986
- Some Factors Influencing the Feeding Behavior of Channel Catfish in Culture PondsTransactions of the American Fisheries Society, 1976