aquaculture brooder management

The broodstock conditioning diet should be formulated as an optimized growout diet to meet the full nutritional requirements of the species from commercial to broodstock size in maximal synergy with the environment. The reproduction diet used before or during spawning should meet the needs for maximal reproductive performance (spawning success and fecundity), gamete quality, and vertical transfer of nutrients and biologically active substances to offspring. The recovery/maintenance diet should assist recovery from reproductive exhaustion and reconditioning for the next reproductive cycle.

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learn from SANGKURIANG catfish

Genetic improvement of catfish brooder has been done in Sukabumi Freshwater Aquaculture Development Center. The research include brooder production using back-cross strategy (year 2000), progeny test (year 2001) and implementing of back-cross brooder production (years 2002 – 2004).

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