The response of Heterobranchus longifilis to the combination of fish meal at different levels with 40% of groundnut cake in its diet

A study was carried out on the response of Heterobranchus longifilis to the replacement of fish meal with 40% of groundnut cake in six experimental diets with varying protein levels (26.13%, 30.88%, 34.87%, 39.28%, 44.19% and 50.76%). The highest weight gain (72.46g), specific growth rate (SGR) (2.16), the best food conversion ratio (FCR) (1.91) and gross food conversion efficiency (GCE) (0.016) were recorded for fish fed diet with 50.76% (Diet VI) crude protein (40%groundnutcake and 38.15% fish meal). There was no significant difference (P>0.05) in the final weight offish fed the various diets. The diet with 44.19% (diet V) crude protein having 40% groundnut cake and 31.81 % fish meal gave a conversion ratio not significantly different (P>0.05) from fish fed diet VI and so it will be more economical to use this feed with lower fish meal. There was significant variation (P<0.05) in the SGR and GCE offish fed varying diets. The FCR and GCE followed a similar trend in that diet VI had the best conversion of food. The fish fed 26.13% crude protein (Diet I) which had the poorest growth in this experiment also had the lowest percentage survival (42.67%), fish fed diet III ranked the highest in survival (78.67%). There was no significant variation (P>0.05) in the survival of fish fed the varying diets. The combination of groundnut cake and fish meal in the diet of H. longifilis that showed increased nutrient density and digestibility for optimal growth was obtained where the percentage groundnut cake/fishmeal was 40/31.81.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ovie, S.O., Ovie, S.I.
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	FISON 2008
Subjects:	Aquaculture, Heterobranchus longifilis, Nigeria, freshwater environment, Feeding experiments, Nutrition, Diets, Fish meal,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/37982
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