Utilization of agro-industrial wastes as fish feedstuffs in Nigeria

Fish feeding accounts for a substantial amount in the variable expenditure of a fish farming enterprises. There is a need to examine closely the potentials and advantages of locally available agro-industrial by-products, as possible substitutes for the conventional feedstuffs which are dwindling in supply, and escalating in their cost. A wide range of by products from plant, animal and industrial processes have been studied and posses nutrient composition which can be exploited as dietary ingredients for warm water species as the Tilapia and Clarias sp. Such useful by-products include poultry feathers, rice bran, soybean hulls and cocoa husks which are discarded as wastes. However, some processing treatments might be required to alleviate the toxic effects of possible anti-nutritional factors in the by-products, for the achievement of optimum benefit

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Falaye, A.E.
Format: conference_item biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 1993
Subjects:Aquaculture, Agriculture, Nigeria, agriculture, artificial feeding, diets, feed composition, fish culture, waste utilization, Clarias, Tilapia,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1834/21094
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