Effects of substituting fish meal with grasshopper meal on growth and food utilization of the Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings
The effects of substituting fish meal with grasshopper meal in fish diets on the growth, food utilization and survival of the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (mean weight = 40.1g) were investigated. The results show that the best growth and food utilization were recorded in the fingerlings fed in the 10% grasshopper meal and 30% fish meal while the poorest growth and food utilization indexes were recorded with the 25% grasshopper meal and 15% fish meal. In general, at 10% inclusion, the fingerlings performed even better than the control (40% fishmeal and no grasshopper meal)
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Main Authors: | Okoye, F.C., Nnaji, J.C. |
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Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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2005
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Subjects: | Aquaculture, Biology, Nigeria, diets, feed efficiency, feeding experiments, fish culture, fish meal, nutritive value, Oreochromis niloticus, Nile tilapia, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/21778 |
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