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Effects of stocking density on growth and feed efficiency of farmed rainbow trout

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

K. McCavana  and
K.J. McCracken
K. McCavana
Affiliation:
Loughinsholin Fisheries, Kilrea, Co Londonderry The Queen's University of Belfast Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, Northern Ireland
K.J. McCracken
Affiliation:
Food and Agricultural Chemistry Research Division, Department of Agriculture, Northern Ireland The Queen's University of Belfast Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, Northern Ireland
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The efficient production of farmed fish depends on a large number of variables such as water temperature, oxygen concentration, feeding level, diet composition and stocking density. These interactions also have important effects on water quality. As part of a series of experiments to establish an effective management system on a fresh water farm producing rainbow trout, two studies were conducted to establish the effects of stocking density on growth and feed efficiency, one under winter and the other under summer conditions of temperature and oxygen tension.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 72
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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