Influence of Temperature on Growth Promotion and Body Composition of Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Due to Bovine Growth Hormone

摘要

Yearling carp held at four constant temperatures were injected with bovine growth hormone. A relatively greater responsiveness to growth hormone injections was found at below-optimum temperatures of 9.2 and 19.5 C and the above-optimum temperature of 35.8 C than at the optimum temperature for growth, 29.6 C. There was no significant effect of the hormone on body composition.