Question 1
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What is a type 1 error?
Question 2
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Statistical power depends on?
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Sample Size
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Size of Specimens
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Effect Size
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Background Variation
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Pseudo-replication
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Significant level
Question 3
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What are the 8 steps of Feed and Food Processing?
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Search, Detection, Decision, Orientation, Pursuit, Attack, Capture, Ingestion
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Search, Decision, Detection, Orientation, Pursuit, Attack, Capture, Ingestion
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Search, Detection, Decision, Pursuit, Orientation, Attack, Capture, Ingestion
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Search, Detection, Decision, Orientation, Pursuit, Capture, Attack, Ingestion
Question 4
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In Aquaculture, what are some of the parameters that can effect feeding behavior?
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Temp, Salinity, Light Intensity etc
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Smell, loud music, wind speed etc
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turbidity, sex ratio, health etc
Question 5
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A fish with high levels of Cones in their eyes and feeds during the day would be?
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Mesotopic
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Scotopic
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Photopic
Question 6
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A scotopic fish has which characteristic?
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High number of cones
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High number of rods
Question 7
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Ghrelin is an orexogenic neurohormone that is stimulated in the hypothalamic.
Question 8
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Which of the following are Orexigenic Neurohormones?
Question 9
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Which of the following are Anorexigenic neurohormones stimulated by the brain?
Question 10
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What does Ghrelin Control?
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Homeostasis and consumption of food
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Coloration and Consumption of food
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Homeostasis and Coloration
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All
Question 11
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Where is NPY stimulated?
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Hypothalamus
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Stomach
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Nervous system
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Pancreas
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Digestive Canal
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Liver
Question 12
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Galanin is produced in the brain and pituitary tissues?
Question 13
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BBS is produced where?
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Central nervous system
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pancreas
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Cardiovascular system
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Liver
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Spleen
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Brain
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Digestive Canal
Question 14
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CART interacts with which neurohormones?
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CRF
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Galanin
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MCH
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NPY
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Orexins
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Agouti-regulated protien
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Leptin
Question 15
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Ultradian Cycles are composed of more than one cycle per 24 hours?
Question 16
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Circadian Cycles are composed of 2 cycles per 24 hours?
Question 17
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Infradian cycles are composed of less than one cycle per 24 hours?
Question 18
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A digestive system composing of a large stomach an small intestine belongs to ...
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Omnivore
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Carnivore
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Herbivore
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Insectivore
Question 19
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A digestive system composing of a large stomach and a large intestine would belong to what?
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Herbivore
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Carnivore
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Omnivore
Question 20
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Anticipatory feeding behaviour characteristics include;
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Feeding anticipatory activity gradual appearance.
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Feeding anticipatory activity mostly appeared during food deprivation.
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Detected only after several feeding cycles.
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Disappeared during ad libitum feeding.
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The restricted feeding increase the possibility for the fish to express food-anticipatory activity.
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All of the Above
Question 21
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Signs of anticipatory feeding behavior include;
Question 22
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Synchronizing stimuli for feeding entrainment
Question 23
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Feed Efficiency = wet weight / dry feed weight ?
Question 24
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FCR = Dry feed weight / wet weight gain ?
Question 25
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Protein efficiency ratio = 100 x (wet weight gain/ crude protein intake) ?
Question 26
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Fill in the blanks for this growth, feed utilization chart
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Feed Fish
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Feed Losses
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Wt Gain
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Feed gain ratio
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Feed Supply
Question 27
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Net protein ratio = (N gain in fish - N loss) / N Intake
Question 28
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For every 1g of oxygen consumed, how many Kj of energy expenditure is recieved?
Question 29
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Direct method for quantifying digestibility is: control of feed intake & collection of faecal losses corresponding to the amount eaten
Question 30
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An inert marker for indirect quantification of digestibility must be:
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Without any physiological or behavioral effects
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neither absorbed or metabolised
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small
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an appropriate color
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easily and rapidly measured
Question 31
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Indirect method of digestibility sampling relies on collection of representative samples of faeces. how is this done?
Question 32
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Digestion variation: methodological factors to take into account
Question 33
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Excess amino acids are stored in tissues in the body
Question 34
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Different forms of Ammoniagenesis
Question 35
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Different forms of Ureagenesis
Question 36
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Uric Acid
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Allantoin
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Allantoic acid
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Urea and glyoxil acid
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NH3
Question 37
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Forms of N excretion in Vertebrates
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Uric Acid
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Uricotelic
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Ammoniotelic
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Urea
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Ureotelic
Question 38
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Amino acid pools
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Growth
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Body Protein
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FAA Pool
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Oxidation/Catabolism
Question 39
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This isn't even a question... just look at it....
The answer is: Nutrition is lame
Question 40
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Fate of Dietary Carbs
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Faeces
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Absorption
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Oxidation
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Synthesis
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Amino Acids
Question 41
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Poor carb utilization in fish can lead to an intolerance to glucose, why?
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Poor feed quality
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Low insulin release
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Feed the wrong size
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Low number of insulin receptors in muscle
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Absence of glucose transporters in muscle
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Not enough starch
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Poor regulation of hepatic glucose metabolism
Question 42
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20:5(n-3) is what?
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DHA
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Oleic acid
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EPA
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Linoleique
Question 43
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22:6(n-3) is what?
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Linolenique
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EPA
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DHA
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Palmitic
Question 44
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Fat soluble Vitamins are?
Question 45
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Sites of synthesis and deposition for lipogenesis
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Spleen and Liver
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Liver and adipose tissue
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Muscle and organs
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Liver and Muscle
Question 46
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Protein Sources in fish feed
Question 47
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Lipid sources in fish feeds
Question 48
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Problems with soybean include:
Question 49
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Protein plant sources: processing benefits
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Better palatibility
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Faster Sinking Rate
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More expansion potential for floating diets
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Reduced ingredient costs
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Applicable at higher temps
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More binding potential for improved durability
Question 50
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Characteristics of single celled proteins
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Can consist of bacteria, yeasts, other fungi or algae
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Low Price
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Low in Met and Cys
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Efficient process of eliminating nucleic acid as uric acid
Question 51
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Starch is an important nutritional source in fish and provides expansion and improves binding and pellet durability
Question 52
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The general problem with pigmentation in feed is the low retention rates
Question 53
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Ways to reduce suspended matter?
Question 54
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Factors affecting voluntary feed intake:
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Pigmentation
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Temperature
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Palatability
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Fish Size
Question 55
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How to reduce N losses?
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Adapt feed distribution to fish appetite
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Choose proper protein sources to obtainan ideal dietary amino acid profile
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Make pellets float better
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Optimize phosphorus levels
Question 56
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How to reduce phosphorus losses?
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Increase excess dietary P
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Feed distribution should match fish appetite
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Use dietary ingredients with high P bio-availability
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Increase binders
Question 57
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Potential problems for implementing IMTA to reduce nutrients
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Fish might escape and eat other species
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Legal issues with different species in one location etc
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Shellfish cannot take up organic nutrients
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Seaweed isn't edible
Question 58
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Of the 176 differently expressed genes, how many are involved in metabolism?
Question 59
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Flesh lipid content, flesh n3 LC PUFA is found to be a highly heritable trait
Question 60
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Arriana overall objectives:
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Reduce the overall cost of aquaculture production
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Develop sustainable alternative aquaculture feeds while reducing FM and FO
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To increase palatibility of feeds for European species
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To provide flexibility in the use of various ingredients in the formulation of feeds
Question 61
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Reduction of fish meal and fish oil in feeds have no trans-generational effects
Question 62
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Early feeding exposure can lead to changes in phenotype of adult fish
Question 63
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We can prepare fish for novel feeds by Induction and persistency of an altered nutritional phenotype and exposure to a nutritional stimuli at early life stages of high metabolic plasticity
Question 64
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Problems with increasing the use of "omics" technologies
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quantifying responses is difficult at the biological level
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Comparisons between species / studies are difficult
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Studies to separate the effects of specific nutrients from those due to ingredients themselves are needed
Question 65
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Reliable biomarkers are needed for:
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Increasing palatability
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Growth, Feed utilization / Nutrient utilization efficiency
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Monitoring the effects of temperature on feed
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Analysis of biological consequences
Question 66
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Dose Response Curve
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Endogenous Losses
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Maintenance
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Max Growth
Question 67
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Nutrient/energy flow
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Feed Loss
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Metabolic Loss
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Faecal loss
Question 68
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How to calculate growth prediction based on water temperature and body size in Shrimp
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Calculate specific daily growth rate
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Evaluate Thermal Unit Growth Coefficient
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Predict weight gain
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Guess
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Other factors such as genotype, husbandry practices and feed quality
Question 69
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Problems with shrimp nutrition
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Affects pigmentation negatively
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Our knowledge on nutrient requirements limited
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Shrimp don't like the taste
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Feed technology and feeding strategies need further refinement
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Need to reduce the pressure on marine ingredients
Question 70
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Benefits of using information technology in aquaculture
Question 71
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Benefits of Data Mining
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Have data for immediate use
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Transform data into knowledge, and use this knowledge to improve efficiency and increase profitability.
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Models are based on historical data so very accurate
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Helps companies to identify systematic relationships
Question 72
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Label these people correctly
Question 73
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Assumptions of absolute growth rate AGR = (Wt-Wi) / t
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AGR is the same regardless of fish size
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Linear relationship between weight and time
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Allows comparisons between treatments with fish of different initial sizes
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Assumes that fish weight increases exponentially
Question 74
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Assumptions of relative growth rate RGR = ((Wt-Wi) / Wi) x 100
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Assumes that fish weight increases exponentially
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The length (L) - weight (W) relationship is W ∝ L3
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Restricted to the length of time for which it was computed and cannot easily be converted to another time period
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Allows comparisons between treatments with fish of different initial sizes
Question 75
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Assumptions of specific growth rate SGR = ((lnWt - lnWi) / t) x 100
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Is the same regardless of fish size.
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Assumes that fish weight increases exponentially – useful for reporting the growth of small fish
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Restricted to the length of time for which it was computed and cannot easily be converted to another time period
Question 76
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Assumptions for Daily growth coefficient
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Is the same regardless of fish size.
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Growth in length is constant over time (i.e. L increases linearly over time).
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Assumes that fish weight increases exponentially
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The length (L) - weight (W) relationship is W ∝ L3
Question 77
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Assumptions for thermal growth coefficient
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Allows comparisons between treatments with fish of different initial sizes
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Similar to DGC
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Can be used to make predictions about how big a fish would be at different temperatures
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Linear relationship between weight and time
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Growth increases in a steady and predictable manner with increasing temperature
Question 78
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What is the Von Bertalanffy growth function ?
Question 79
Question 80
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Energy fluxes in fish
Question 81
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Principles of experimental design include
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Size
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Replication
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Pseudo-replication
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Blinding
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Randomization
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Transparency
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Controls