Browsing WorldFish Community by Author "Chatain, B."

Agonistic behaviour and feed efficiency in juvenile Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

de Verdal, H.; O'Connell, C.M.; Mekkawy, W.; Vandeputte, M.; Chatain, B.; Bégout, M.L.; Benzie, J.; Wagdy Mekkawy: 0000-0002-3991-7321; John Benzie: 0000-0001-9599-8683 (2019)

Type: Journal Article

The main hypothesis of the present study was that an aggressive and dominant fish would eat more feed and would be more efficient. To test this hypothesis, estimations of the relationships between agonistic behaviour, ...

Are trunk lateral line anomalies and disoriented scale patterns in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) influenced by genetics?

Costa, C.; Vandeputte, M.; Antonucci, F.; Boglione, C.; De Verdal, H.; Chatain, B. (2015)

Type: Journal Article

Different kinds of defects are observed on farmed fish, and while a lot of research has concentrated on skeletal abnormalities, little is known on scale anomalies. In this paper, a survey for lateral line shape anomalies ...

Can individual feed conversion ratio at commercial size be predicted from juvenile performance in individually reared Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus?

Rodde, C.; Chatain, B.; Vandeputte, M.; Trinh, T.Q.; Benzie, J.; de Verdal, H.; John Benzie: 0000-0001-9599-8683 (2020)

Type: Journal Article

Feed conversion ratio (FCR), the ratio between feed intake and body weight gain, is of major interest for improving aquaculture sustainability through reduced feed costs and environmental impacts. Demonstrating whether FCR ...

Improving feed efficiency in fish using selective breeding: A review

de Verdal, H.; Komen, H.; Quillet, E.; Chatain, B.; Allal, F.; Benzie, J.A.; Vandeputte, M. (2017)

Type: Journal Article

Improving feed efficiency (FE) is key to reducing production costs in aquaculture and to achieving sustainability for the aquaculture industry. Feed costs account for 30-70% of total production costs in aquaculture; much ...

Individual growth monitoring of European sea bass larvae by image analysis and microsatellite genotyping

de Verdal, H.; Vandeputte, M.; Pepey, E.; Vidal, M.O.; Chatain, B. (2014)

Type: Journal Article

The aims of the present study were to develop non-lethal methods to identify individual fish larvae and post-larvae before tagging and accurately follow their growth characteristics. European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) ...

Measuring individual feed efficiency and its correlations with performance traits in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

de Verdal, H.; Mekkawy, W.; Lind, C.E.; Vandeputte, M.; Chatain, B.; Benzie, J.A.H. (2017)

Type: Journal Article

Estimating individual feed intake of fish held in groups has long been a challenge precluding precise knowledge of the individual variation of feed efficiency (FE) in fish. In this study, counts of the number of feed pellets ...

Quantifying the genetic parameters of feed efficiency in juvenile Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

de Verdal, H.; Vandeputte, M.; Mekkawy, W.; Chatain, B.; Benzie, J.A.H. (2018)

Type: Journal Article

Improving feed efficiency in fish is crucial at the economic, social and environmental levels with respect to developing a more sustainable aquaculture. The important contribution of genetic improvement to achieve this ...