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Channel Catfish FCR, Feeding
Rate and Growth
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Out of Print
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FCR & % Body Weight (BW) consumed for channel catfish (adapted from Robinson et. al. 1998)
Fish Size
(g)
FCR Daily Feed
(% BW)
27.2
45.4
136.2
272.4
340.5
454
908
1362
1.15
1.35
1.50
1.70
1.85
1.95
2.10
2.30
4.25
3.75
2.75
2.25
1.75
1.40
1.15
1.05
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y = -0.866ln(x) + 7.0132 R² = 0.9755
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y = 16x-0.378 R² = 0.9697
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% BW fed: reported vs. power & natural log calculated values.
Fish Size
(g)
Reported Power (x) ln (x)
27.2
45.4
136.2
272.4
340.5
454
908
1362
4.25
3.75
2.75
2.25
1.75
1.40
1.15
1.05
4.59
3.78
2.49
1.92
1.76
1.58
1.22
1.04
4.15
3.71
2.76
2.16
1.97
1.72
1.12
0.76
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y = 0.2803ln(x) + 0.2093 R² = 0.9764
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y = 0.6742x0.1694 R² = 0.984
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FCR: reported vs. power & natural log calculated values.
Fish Size
(g)
Reported Power (x) ln (x)
27.2
45.4
136.2
272.4
340.5
454
908
1362
1.15
1.35
1.50
1.70
1.85
1.95
2.10
2.30
1.18
1.29
1.55
1.74
1.81
1.90
2.14
2.28
1.00
1.10
1.41
1.60
1.66
1.74
1.94
2.05
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Feeding Rate
• Feed as a percent of body weight (BW)
• 1-5% daily, convert to decimal
• 3% BW = 0.03 x 100 g = 3g/day
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Food Conversion Ratio
• FCR = feed fed/weight gained
• Weight gained = feed fed/FCR
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%BW = 16W-0.378 %BW = -0.866ln(x) + 7.0132 where %BW = % body weight fed daily & W = weight
FCR = 0.6742W0.1694 FCR = 0.2803ln(x) + 0.0293 where FCR = food conversion ratio & W = weight
Power & ln Equations: %BW & FCR
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1993 Field Data (Wurts & Wynne, 1995)
• Stocked 3720, 45-g fingerlings/ha
• Assumed exponential growth up to 227 g – feeding table
• Fed 3% BW: 45 g to 227 g
• Capped feeding @ 34 kg/ha
• Harvest weight 590 g (175 days)
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Field vs. Calculated Weight
• 45 g to 590 g in 175 days: FCR 1.7-2 (Wurts & Wynne, 1995)
• 45 g to 512, 568 or 645 g in 175 days (calculated, 2014)
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y = 0.0076x2 + 1.0747x + 26.135 R² = 1
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y = 0.0104x2 + 1.3449x + 22.562 R² = 0.9998
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y = 0.0094x2 + 1.0443x + 23.904 R² = 0.9999
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So What?
• Improve feeding efficiency
• Improve growth & survival
• Improve FCR
• Increase profit…
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References
• Robinson et. al. 1998. Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC), Publication No. 181 (Out of Print).
• Wurts & Wynne. 1995. World Aq. 26(3): 54-59.
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William A. Wurts, Ph.D.
Extension Aquaculture Specialist
College of Agriculture, Food Science & Sustainable Systems
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Online Literature & Slide Shows
www.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/Wurtspage.htm