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Feed conversion indices: Controversy or convention?

January 1, 1987

Various methods of calculating and reporting the efficiency of food use in fish husbandry are examined. The effects of moisture content of feed and fish flesh, supplemental feeds augmented with natural feed items, differences in energy content due to feed formulations, and the usefulness of the various feed efficiency indices to aquaculturists and fish husbandry researchers are discussed.

Publication Year 1987
Title Feed conversion indices: Controversy or convention?
DOI 10.1577/1548-8640(1987)49%3C161:FCI%3E2.0.CO;2
Authors N. C. Parker
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Progressive Fish-Culturist
Index ID 1014166
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Leetown Science Center
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