Case 5; Fish - aantekeningen

20 important questions on Case 5; Fish - aantekeningen

What is the absolute fecundity?

The number of vitellogene eggs per fish

(True or false) from the relation between food intake and growth for a fish species, we can deduce the food ration that gives optimal feed conversion

True

(true or false) after reaching maturity, fish still show significant body growth

True
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What can you tell me about the voluntary feed intake in fish?

It is considered to be under the control of a central feeding system (located in the brain) with hunger and satiation signals being transmitted through complex networking of peripheral neutral and humoral signals.
-> Several neuropeptides, specific protein molecules, gastrointestinal peptides, hormones and blood metabolites operate the switch on-off mechanism of feed intake in fish

What can you tell me about the feed intake signalling molecules in fish?

They are controlled by multiple complex factors:
1. Fish adjust the voluntary feed intake on their own time window depending on their physiological state, which is also affected by the quality of feed
2. The prevailing environmental/water conditions

What can you tell me about the gastrointestinal emptying rate?

Is relatively fast in fish and varies widely between fish size, meal size and dietary characteristics.
the gastrointestinal motility also depends on the environmental factors
-> like the increase in water temperature increases the rate of evacuation

Name 5 environmental factors that affects feed intake in fish

1. Water dissolved oxygen
2. Temperature
3. Salinity
4. PH
5. Ammonia

the impact of environmental factors on feed intake of fish is rather descriptive and lacks a conceptual mechanism

What is incipient dissolved oxygen (iDO)?

The minimum concentration of dissolved oxygen in water at which the physiological oxygen demand of fish for feed intake is limiting

What is active metabolism (fish)

The maximum amount of oxygen that a fish can obtain/uptake from water for aerobic metabolism

What is routine metabolism (fish)

The minimum oxygen consumption needed to sustain the physiological activity of an unfed fish

What is the metabolic scope (fish)

The difference between the routine metabolism and active metabolism

metabolic scope = scope for activity within which fish must perform all activities including feeding to grow and reproduce


the absolute metabolic scope of fish can be constrained by anatomical, physiological and environmental factors

What is the oxygen limitation theoy?

States that the maximum rate of feed intake of fish is related to the capacity to deliver oxygen for feed/nutrient processing

The minimum concentration of water dissolved oxygen needed to meet the oxygen demand for feed inntake depends on?

- fish size
- the nutrient profile of the diet (as indicated by the differences in the feed intake of rainbow trout between amino acid-balanced and amino acid-imbalances diets at hypoxic conditions)

The ripening cycle of the ovaries and testes of fish is related to?

The environmental factors such as water temperature, photoperiod, rainfall and water level

What is a gonado somatic index (GSI)?

Is widely used as a measure of the maturity stage of the gonads. It is the ratio of the gonad weight and the somatic body weight

What type of signals from the environment can fish detect by the lateral line?

Vibrations

For which conditions or tasks is the lateral line more important than other sensory organs?

Murky waters, dark, night, sensing prey, sensing predators, communicating over long distances

What specific function do the anal and dorsal fins have?

Prevent roll of body, propulsion intimidate or warn other catfish

What specific function do the pelvic/ventral and pectoral fins have?

Steering, walking on land

What specific function does the caudal fin has?

Prropulsion

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