Published 2018

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Journal : Fish Physiology & Biochemistry , vol. 44 , p. 329–341 , 2018

International Standard Numbers :
Printed : 0920-1742
Electronic : 1573-5168

Publication type : Academic article

Contributors : Khan, Javed Rafiq; Lazado, Carlo C.; Methling, Caroline; Skov, Peter Vilhelm

Issue : 1

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Summary

Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (~ 180 g, 16 °C and < 5 kg m−3) that were feed deprived and kept in total darkness showed a significant increase in critical swimming speed (Ucrit) between 1 and 12 days of deprivation (from 3.35 to 4.46 body length (BL) s−1) with no increase in maximum metabolic rate (MMR). They also showed a significant decrease in the estimated metabolic rate at 0 BL s−1 over 12 days which leads to a higher factorial aerobic metabolic scope at day 12 (9.38) compared to day 1 (6.54). Routine metabolic rates were also measured in ~ 90 g rainbow trout that were swimming freely in large circular respirometers at 16 °C. These showed decreasing consumption oxygen rates and reductions in the amount of oxygen consumed above standard metabolic rate (a proxy for spontaneous activity) over 12 days, though this happened significantly faster when they were kept in total darkness when compared to a 12:12-h light–dark (LD) photoperiod. Weight loss during this period was also significantly reduced in total darkness (3.33% compared to 4.98% total body weight over 12 days). Immunological assays did not reveal any consistent up- or downregulation of antipathogenic and antioxidant enzymes in the serum or skin mucus of rainbow trout between 1 and 12 days of feed and light deprivation. Overall, short periods of deprivation do not appear to significantly affect the performance of rainbow trout which appear to employ a behavioural energy-sparing strategy, albeit more so in darkness than under a 12:12-h LD regime.

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