Abstract
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1 General introduction
1.1 Compensatory growth
1.2 Hyperphagia
1.3 Compensatory growth in aquaculture
1.4 Factors inducing compensatory growth in fish
1.5 Starvation protocol in fish study
1.6 Background on black sea bream
1.6.1 Black sea bream habitat
1.6.2 Juvenile black sea bream nutrients requirements
1.7 Objectives of the experiment
2 Materials and methods
2.1 Materials
2.1.1 Experimental diet formulation
2.1.2 Fish, facility and husbandry
2.2 Methods
2.2.1 Digestibility trial
2.2.2 Samples collections
2.2.3 Chemical analysis
2.2.4 Calculations
2.2.5 Statistical analysis
3 Results
3.1 Growth performance
3.2 Feed intake, feed efficiency and body index
3.3 Body composition
3.3.1 Whole body composition
3.3.2 Muscle composition
3.4 Digestibility
3.5 Serum biological parameters
3.6 Growth hormone and triiodothyronine
3.7 Enzymes activities
3.7.1 Protease activity
3.7.2 Lipase activity
3.7.3 Amylase activity
3.8 Histological structures of stomach and foregut
4 Discussions
4.1 Effects of various starvation periods and refeeding periods on growth performance, feed utilization and body index of juvenile black sea bream, A. schlegelii
4.2 Effects of various starvation periods and refeeding on body composition of juvenile black sea bream, A. schlegelii
4.3 Effects of various starvation periods and refeeding periods on digestibility by juvenile black sea bream, A. schlegelii
4.4 Effects of various starvation periods and refeeding periods on serum biological parameters composition of juvenile black sea bream, A. schlegelii
4.5 Effects of various starvation periods and refeeding periods on serum growth hormone and triiodothyrinine of juvenile black sea bream, A. schlegelii
4.6 Effects of various starvation periods and refeeding on enzymes activities of juvenile black sea bream, A. schlegelii
4.7 Effects of various starvation periods and refeeding on histological structures of stomach and foregut for juvenile black sea bream, A. schlegelii
5 Summary
Future research
References
Acknowledgements
Annexes