A preliminary study on the purified test diet for young milkfish, Chanos chanos
In studying the nutritional requirements of young milkfish experiments were conducted to develop a purified test diet. Mixtures of the purified constituents tested were: vitamin-free casein, vitamin-free gelatin, supplemented with L-tryptophan and L-cystine as the protein sources; shark liver oil and soybean oil as the far sources; and dextrin as the carbohydrate source. Mineral mixture and vitamin mixture were also added. The results showed that a test diet containing vitamin-free casein supplemented with L-tryptophan as the protein source was best for the growth of young milkfish. Soybean oil was found to be a better source of fat. Vitamin mixture (4%) and mineral mixture (10%) were observed to promote growth in young milkfish. A purified test diet consisting of vitamin-free casein 60%, L-tryptophan 0.5%, soybean oil 10%, vitamin mixture 4%, mineral mixture 10%, carbohydrate and others 16% was thus suggested for young milkfish.
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| Format: | book_section biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
1976
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| Subjects: | Aquaculture, Milkfish culture, Artificial feeding, Feed efficiency, Nutritive value, Diets, Feed composition, Nutritional requirements, Animal nutrition, Animal growth, Feeding experiments, Juveniles, Milkfish, Chanos chanos, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/40424 |
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