The effects of intensive feeding on reproductive performance in laboratory zebrafish (Danio rerio).

ABSTRACT: The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is among the most widely used model animals in scientific research. Historically, these fish have been reared in the laboratory using simple methods developed by home aquarists. For laboratories with high demand for breeding and generation turn-over, however, there has been a shift away from this approach towards one that leverages techniques, tools, and feeds from commercial aquaculture to help accelerate growth rates and decrease generation times. While these advances have improved efficiency, the effects of feeding zebrafish diets that are designed to grow disparately related cold-water fish species to market size quickly are not well-understood. To explore the impacts that intensive feeding protocols may have on this species, groups of zebrafish larvae from

SUBMITTER: Adatto I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9707780 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature