Dress-out and fillet yields of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, and their F1, F2 and backcross hybrids

Brad J. Argue, Zhanjiang Liu, Rex A. Dunham

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Abstract

The channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, ♀ x blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, ♂ F1 hybrid showed increased processing yields over the most commonly cultured catfish, channel catfish, in the US. The F1 hybrid had higher dress-out and fillet percentage (61.1% and 45.7%, respectively) than channel catfish (57.5%, 42.5%), blue catfish (58.9%, 44.4%), F2 hybrid catfish (57.3%, 42.5%), F1 x channel catfish (57.3%, 42.7%), F1 x blue catfish (58.3%, 42.4%), blue catfish x F1 (58.2%, 43.2%), and channel catfish x F1 (56.8%, 42.1%). Individual heterosis had a strong positive effect on dress-out and fillet percentage. Channel catfish additive genetic effects had a strong negative effect on dress-out and fillet percentage. Females had greater dress-out (58.4% to 57.9%) and fillet percentage (43.6% to 43.0%) than males (P<0.05). Utilization of channel-blue F1 hybrids will increase processing yields and may allow farmers to demand a higher price for their product.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)81-90
Number of pages10
JournalAquaculture
Volume228
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Backcrossing
  • Blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus
  • Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus
  • Hybridization
  • Processing yields
  • Selection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aquatic Science

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