Publication Date:
2021-07-12
Description:
The growth performance and nutrient utilization in Clarias gariepinus fingerlings fed cooked breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) seed meal based diet as a replacement for maize, investigated for 8 weeks. Five (5) diets of breadfruit seed meal substituted for maize at different levels of inclusion (0%; 25%; 50%; 75% and 100%) were fed to the fingerlings at 5% body weight twice daily in hapa of 1m x 1m x 1m. The hapas wee submerged in a pond and each hapa stocked with 20 fingerlings of mean weight of 5.8~c0.00g. Evaluation of growth parameters nutrient utilization of the experimental diets showed that there was no significant difference (P〉0.05) in mean final weight (MFW); specific growth rate (SGR); feed conversion rate (FCR) protein efficiency ratio (PER) and apparent net protein utilization (ANPU) among the treatments. The results suggested a net advantage of replacing dietary maize with cooked breadfruit seed meal for Clarias gariepinus fingerlings at 50% and above levels of inclusion under the condition of the experiment.
Description:
Includes:- 4 tables.;10 refs.
Keywords:
Aquaculture
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Clarias gariepinus
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Nigeria
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Makurdi
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freshwater environment
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Fish culture
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Feeding experiments
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Growth rate
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Diets
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
conference_item
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Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
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