title: Estimation of length-weight relationship and condition factor of spotted snakehead Channa punctata (Bloch) under different feeding regimes.
abstract: Comparative study was conducted to observe the efficacy of different feeding regimes on growth of Channa punctata. Six iso- proteinous diets were prepared by using different agro industrial by-products. Maximum weight gain was recorded with diet having 66.75% rice bran, 11.50% mustard cake, 23.0% groundnut cake, 5% molasses, 1.5% vitamin-mineral mixture and 0.5% salt with specific growth rate of 0.408. The experimental fish recorded the value of exponent 'b' in the range of 2.7675 to 4.3922. The condition factor 'K' of all experimental fish was above 1.0 (1.094- 1.235) indicating robustness or well being of experimented fish.
authors.affiliation: College of Fisheries, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141004 India.
authors.forename: Surjya Narayan
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: Vaneet Inder
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhawan
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jassal
keywords: Channa punctata; Condition factor; Correlation coefficient; Formulated diets; Growth
references.citation: J Environ Biol. 2006 May;27(2 Suppl):377-80
references.pmid: 17436527