by Scott P. Kelly. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-190). / Acknowledgements --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1 : --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 : --- Review of the literature / Part A : Nutritional requirements of fish and performance assessment / Chapter A2.1 --- Introduction --- p.5 / Chapter A2.2 --- Dietary protein requirement --- p.6 / Chapter A2.2.1 --- Factors influencing dietary protein requirement / Chapter A2.2.1.1 --- Protein quality / Chapter A2.2.1.2 --- Nonpotein energy / Chapter A2.2.1.3 --- Protein energy to total energy ratio / Chapter A2.2.1.4 --- Fish size/age / Chapter A2.2.1.5 --- Feeding rate / Chapter A2.2.1.6 --- Natural food / Chapter A2.2.1.7 --- Economics / Chapter A2.2.1.8 --- Environmental factors / Chapter A2.3 --- Dietary lipid --- p.14 / Chapter A2.3.1 --- Dietary lipid requirement / Chapter A2.4 --- Dietary carbohydrate --- p.16 / Chapter A2.4.1 --- Dietary carbohydrate requirement / Chapter A2.5 --- Dietary vitamins / Chapter A2.5.1 --- Dietary vitamin requirements / Chapter A2.6 --- Dietary minerals --- p.19 / Chapter A2.6.1 --- Dietary mineral requirements / Chapter A2.7 --- Evaluation criteria --- p.21 / Chapter A2.7.1 --- Introduction / Chapter A2.7.2 --- Growth and conversion efficiencies / Chapter A2.8 --- Digestion --- p.22 / Chapter A2.9 --- Metabolism in relation to nutritional status --- p.23 / Chapter A2.9.1 --- Nitrogen excretion / Chapter A2.9.2 --- Metabolic rate (Oxygen consumption) / Chapter A2.10 --- Biochemical indices of metabolic performance --- p.25 / Chapter A2.10.1 --- Tissue composition / Chapter A2.10.1.1 --- Proximate composition and organ indices / Chapter A2.10.1.2 --- Essential amino acid (EAA) profile / Chapter A2.10.2.3 --- Lipid/essential fatty acid (EFA) profile / Chapter A2.10.2.4 --- Tissue RNA/DNA ratio / Chapter A2.11 --- Haematological characteristics --- p.27 / Chapter A2.12 --- Enzymes --- p.28 / Chapter A2.12.1 --- Enzymes of the intermediate metabolism / Chapter A2.12.2 --- Intestinal enzymes / Chapter A2.13 --- Thyroid hormones --- p.30 / Part B : Teleostean salinity adaptation / Chapter B2.1 --- Introduction --- p.31 / Chapter B2.2 --- Influence of salinity on growth --- p.32 / Chapter B2.3 --- Influence of salinity on weight loss during starvation --- p.37 / Chapter B2.4 --- Metabolic rate (oxygen consumption) and salinity adaptation --- p.38 / Chapter B2.5 --- Biochemical indices of performance during salinity adaptation --- p.41 / Chapter B2.5.1 --- Carcass and tissue composition / Chapter B2.5.2 --- Haematological characteristics / Chapter B2.6 --- Influence of salinity on protein requirements of fish --- p.46 / Chapter B2.7 --- Effect of salinity on digestion and digestive enzymes --- p.48 / Chapter B2.8 --- Cortisol and osmotic adjustment --- p.50 / Chapter B2.9 --- Conclusion --- p.52 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Materials and methods / Chapter 3.1 --- Culture conditions --- p.54 / Chapter 3.2 --- Composition of experimental diets --- p.55 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Dietary protein / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Dietary carbohydrate / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Dietary lipid / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Dietary vitamins / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Dietary minerals / Chapter 3.2.6 --- Chromic oxide / Chapter 3.2.7 --- Binder / Chapter 3.3 --- Proximate analysis of experimental diets --- p.61 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Moisture / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Lipid / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Protein / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Ash / Chapter 3.3.5 --- Nitrogen free extractives / Chapter 3.3.6 --- Metabolizable energy / Chapter 3.4 --- Dietary evaluation criteria --- p.65 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Growth rate / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Protein efficiency ratio / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Food conversion ratio / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Feed conversion efficiency / Chapter 3.5 --- Digestibility --- p.66 / Chapter 3.6 --- Metabolism --- p.67 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Ammonia excretion / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Oxygen consumption / Chapter 3.7 --- Biochemical analysis / Chapter 3.7.1 --- Organ indices / Chapter 3.7.2 --- Serum metabolites / Chapter 3.7.2.1 --- Collection of serum / Chapter 3.7.2.2 --- Serum ions / Chapter 3.7.2.3 --- Serum protein / Chapter 3.7.2.4 --- Serum α-amino acids / Chapter 3.7.2.5 --- Serum ammonia / Chapter 3.7.2.6 --- Serum glucose / Chapter 3.7.2.7 --- Serum lipids / Chapter 3.7.2.8 --- Serum hormones / Chapter 3.7.3 --- Proximate analysis of white muscle --- p.74 / Chapter 3.7.4 --- Analysis of hepatic tissue --- p.75 / Chapter 3.7.4.1 --- Proximate analysis / Chapter 3.7.4.2 --- Liver glycogen / Chapter 3.7.4.3 --- Hepatic enzymes / Chapter 3.7.4.3. --- a Glucose-6-phosphatase / Chapter 3.7.4.3. --- b Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase / Chapter 3.7.4.3. --- C Hexokinase / Chapter 3.7.5 --- Intestinal enzymes --- p.80 / Chapter 3.7.5.1 --- γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase / Chapter 3.7.5.2 --- Trypsin / Chapter 3.7.5.3 --- α-Amylase / Chapter 3.7.6 --- Statistical analysis --- p.83 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Results / Chapter 4.1 --- Growth and conversion efficiencies --- p.84 / Chapter 4.2 --- Metabolism --- p.90 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Ammonia excretion / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Oxygen consumption / Chapter 4.3 --- Biochemical analysis --- p.93 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Organ indices --- p.93 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Serum metabolites --- p.98 / Chapter 4.3.2.1 --- Serum ions / Chapter 4.3.2.2 --- "Serum protein, α-amino acids and ammonia" / Chapter 4.3.2.3 --- Serum glucose / Chapter 4.3.2.4 --- Serum lipids / Chapter 4.3.2.5 --- Serum hormones / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Proximate composition of white muscle --- p.113 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Composition of hepatic tissue --- p.117 / Chapter 4.3.4.1 --- Proximate composition and liver glycogen / Chapter 4.3.4.2 --- Hepatic enzymes / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Total digestibility --- p.126 / Chapter 4.3.6 --- Intestinal enzymes --- p.126 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Discussion / Chapter 5.1 --- Growth and conversion efficiencies --- p.132 / Chapter 5.2 --- Metabolism --- p.135 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Ammonia excretion / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Oxygen consumption / Chapter 5.3 --- Organ indices --- p.137 / Chapter 5.4 --- Serum metabolites --- p.140 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Serum ions / Chapter 5.4.2 --- "Serum protein, α-amino acids and ammonia" / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Serum glucose / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Serum lipids / Chapter 5.4.5 --- Serum hormones / Chapter 5.5 --- Proximate composition of white muscle --- p.150 / Chapter 5.6 --- Proximate composition of liver --- p.152 / Chapter 5.7 --- Hepatic enzymes / Chapter 5.7.1 --- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P-DH) / Chapter 5.7.2 --- Hexokinase / Chapter 5.7.3 --- Glucose-6-phosphatase (G-6-Pase) / Chapter 5.8 --- Total digestibility --- p.159 / Chapter 5.9 --- Intestinal enzymes / Chapter 5.9.1 --- Trypsin / Chapter 5.9.2 --- γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GT) / Chapter 5.9.3 --- α-Amylase / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Conclusion --- p.164 / References --- p.168
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318072 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Contributors | Kelly, Scott P., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Biology. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xii, 190 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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