The impact of seasonal alteration in the lipid composition of broodstock diets on egg quality in the European sea bass

Autor: José María Navas, Niall Bromage, Michael P. Bruce, M.A. Thrush, J. G. Bell, Silvia Zanuy, Jesús Ramos, Manuel Carrillo, Bruce M. Farndale
Přispěvatelé: European Commission
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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ISSN: 1095-8649
0022-1112
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb01997.x
Popis: Groups of European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax L., broodstock were fed two pelleted, lipid-enriched diets [maize oil, low essential fatty acid (EFA) or fish oil, high EFA]. Those fed the high EFA diet for 12 months or only during vitellogenesis (September to February) with the low EFA diet fed for the remaining 6 months, showed improved egg quality and higher hatching rates when compared to two groups fed the high EFA diet during either previtellogenesis (February to September) or the spawning period (February to April). The higher quality eggs contained higher levels of total n-3 fatty acids, including increased levels of both docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapaentaenoic acid (EPA). High levels of triacylglycerol (TAG) were linked with the poorer quality eggs from those groups fed the low EFA diet during the period of vitellogenesis. The present work identifies vitellogenesis as the period in the maturation during which EFA are incorporated most effectively into the developing oocytes.
We thank the European Union for support for project numbers FAR3 AQ 2 406 E UKand AIR2 CT93 1005; and BOCM Pauls for provision of the diet.
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