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Assessing the capacity for compensatory growth in growth-hormone transgenic coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
M O Rosales-Velázquez1,2, A F Muttray1, R H Devlin1
1Department of Fisheries & Oceans, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, MC, V7V 1N6, Canada.
Abstract:
The effect of feed cycling (consisting of periods of starvation followed by periods of refeeding to satiation) on compensatory growth was evaluated in growth hormone transgenic and non-transgenic wild-type coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch. The specific growth rate (GSR ) of feed-restricted non-transgenic O. kisutch was not significantly different from the GSR of fully-fed non-transgenic O. kisutch during two refeeding periods, whereas the GSR of feed-restricted transgenic O. kisutch was significantly higher in relation to the GSR of fully-fed transgenic O. kisutch during the second refeeding period, but not during the first, indicating that growth compensation mechanisms are different between non-transgenic and growth-hormone (GH)-transgenic O. kisutch and may depend on life history (i.e. previous starvation). Despite the non-significant growth rate compensation in non-transgenic O. kisutch, these fish showed a level of body mass catch-up growth not displayed by transgenic O. kisutch.
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