Abstract:Experiments were conducted to study the effects of starvation (0, 3, 7, 14, and 21d) on the ratios of liver weight to body weight, stomach weight to body weight, pylorus weight to body weight, and intestine length to body length, and muscle composition in Sebastiscus marmoratus reared in culture water under indoor conditions. We observed that all of the digestive organs atrophied and all the ratios decreased during the starvation period. The ratio of intestine length to body length decreased gradually and showed a significant difference compared to the control group (P<0.05). The ratio of liver weight to body weight decreased most dramatically (P<0.01), showing a decrease of 85.033% at 21d compared to the control group. At the meantime, starvation resulted in the increase of water and ash contents, and the decrease of the protein and fat contents.
