Scoliosis
Scoliosis has become a problem among our sturgeon recently. Scoliosis is defined as a lateral curvature of the spine. We are researching the problem and believe it is related to nutrition and minerals not present in feed fed to juveniles. This curvature results in the death of 15 to 20 pound sturgeon. This problem has been found in Siberian, Beluga, Osetra, and Seruga Sturgeon. A recent weighing of Sturgeon has resulted in excellent feed conversions. The Evans Farms has a feed conversion of one pound of gain for every ten days of feeding. We feed the Sturgeon two percent of their body weight each day.
