EFFECT OF VARIOUS FOOD DEPRIVATION REGIMES ON BODY COMPOSITION DYNAMICS OF THAILA, CATLA CATLA

Abstract

The study examined the body composition response with relation to stress induced by different food deprivation regimes. At least a group of five fingerlings of catla were subjected to food deprivation protocols of 0 (control), 15, 30 and 45 days in indoor laboratory aquaria after being acclimatized. Body composition was analyzed by standard procedures. Results revealed that % water and % ash (dry wt) increased while % dry weight, % organic weight, % fat, % protein and % ash (wet wt) decreased significantly.