The recovery growth experiment in the Chinese shrimp with initial wet weight of 1.454g, following different periods of starvation, was conducted from July to August,1999. The experiment lasted for 32 days for each test group. Group C, S4, S8 and S12 were deprived food for 0 (control), 4, 8 and 12 days, respectively. Then each group was refed at ad libitum ration level for its rest experimental time. At the end of starvation mean,the body weight of each starved group (S4, S8 and S12) was significant...