Effects of fish-meal, cow blood-meal, and sorghum diets on food utilization and growth of cage cultured Sarotherodon niloticus
The growth responses and feed utilization of Sarotherodon niloticus held in metal cages in a pond and fed diets containing fish-meal, cow blood-meal or sorghum was studied. Results indicate that the best growth, feed conversion and protein efficiency ratio were obtained with the diet containing 60% fish-meal. The growth performance of fish on 40% fish-meal, and 40% and 60% blood meal were not significantly different, and were quite close to the performance with 60% fish-meal. The growth and food utilization of fish on 84% sorghum diet was significantly lower than the rest. The Caged fish without supplemental feeding had a light gain in weight. All fish with supplemental feeding appeared healthy. It is concluded that cow blood meal at 40% or 60% inclusion in diet can adequately replace fish-meal in S. niloticus supplemental diet in pond culture
Main Authors: | Ufodike, E.B.C., Ugwuzor, G.N. |
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Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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1986
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Subjects: | Aquaculture, Nigeria, artificial feeding, cage culture, diets, fish culture, pond culture, Sarotherodon niloticus, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/21163 |
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