A brief note on the relationship between residual feed intake and aggression behaviour in juveniles of African catfish Clarias gariepinus

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 408-413

  Martins, Catarina I M ^a   Hillen, Bart ^a   Schrama, Johan W ^a   Verreth, Johan A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African catfish; Aggression; Aquaculture; Feed efficiency; Maintenance requirements; Residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AQUACULTURE; BIOENERGETICS; FOOD INTAKE; JUVENILE; METABOLISM; TELEOST;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 41749113086     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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