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The growth, feed conversion ratio and fin damage of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss under self-feeding and hand-feeding regimes

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  1. Kenta Suzuki

    Present address: Laboratory for Biolinguistics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 351-0198, Wako, Saitama, Japan

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  1. Department of Animal Sciences, Teikyo University of Science and Technology, 409-0193, Uenohara, Yamanashi, Japan

    Kenta Suzuki, Kanta Mizusawa, Chris Noble & Mitsuo Tabata

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Suzuki, K., Mizusawa, K., Noble, C. et al. The growth, feed conversion ratio and fin damage of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss under self-feeding and hand-feeding regimes. Fish Sci 74, 941–943 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2008.01610.x

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