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Ammonia and urea excretion rates of juvenile Australian short-finned eel (Anguilla australis australis) as influenced by dietary protein level
Citation
Engin, K and Carter, CG, Ammonia and urea excretion rates of juvenile Australian short-finned eel (Anguilla australis australis) as influenced by dietary protein level, Aquaculture, 194, (1) pp. 123-136. ISSN 0044-8486 (2001) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(00)00506-8
Abstract
This study aimed to determine excretion rates of ammonia and urea of Australian short-finned elvers as influenced by varying dietary crude protein intake. Elvers (2.3 ± 0.02 g) were fed diets containing dietary crude protein levels of 25% (P25), 35% (P35), 45% (P45) and 55% (P55) dry matter equivalent to 14.17, 19.24, 20.57 and 26.39 g CP/MJ, respectively (pairs of diets P25, P35 and P45, P55 were isoenergetic). Elvers were fed twice a day to a total of 6% BW/day and nitrogenous excretory products (ammonia- and urea-nitrogen) measured during the following 24 h and peak excretion rates occurred 4-8 h following both the morning and afternoon feed. Daily ammonia-nitrogen excretion was significantly (P < 0.05) higher on the P55 diet compared to the P35 and P45 diets. Increasing dietary protein intake resulted in increasing ammonia- (y = 0.022x + 0.058; n = 12; r2 = 0.88; P < 0.001) and urea-nitrogen (y = 0.0044x + 0.426; n = 12; r2 = 0.55; P < 0.01) excretion. The highest urea-nitrogen excretion as a percentage of consumed nitrogen was measured for fish fed the P25 diet (41.99 ± 2.62%) and compared with 30.29 (± 3.58%), 25.76 (± 1.41%) and 23.57 (± 1.54%) for diets P35, P45 and P55, respectively. The Australian short-finned eel appeared to be similar to other teleost and eel species in terms of the magnitude of ammonia-nitrogen excretion following feeding. However, higher rates of urea-nitrogen excretion indicates that urea is an important excretory end-product in this species. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
| Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
| Research Field: | Aquaculture |
| Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Fisheries - aquaculture |
| Objective Field: | Fisheries - aquaculture not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Engin, K (Mr Kenan Engin) |
| UTAS Author: | Carter, CG (Professor Chris Carter) |
| ID Code: | 21300 |
| Year Published: | 2001 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 73 |
| Deposited By: | TAFI - Aquaculture |
| Deposited On: | 2001-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2002-06-12 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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