The Replacement Of Fishmeal With Maggot Meal In The Diet Of Cat Fish Clarias Gariepinus Fingerlings
ABSTRACT
Maggot meal
production from maggots grown from poultry manure was used in substituting
fishmeal in African catfish, Clarias garipinus diet. A feeding trial was
carried out for a period of 14 weeks to evaluate the growth parameters using
diets in which fishmeal was substituted with maggot meal. The experiment was
carried out in a plastic basin and feed three experimental diets which were
pelleted at 32% Crude protein. Treatment I (fishmeal based diet), treatment II
(fishmeal + maggot meal diet) and treatment III (maggot meal based diet).
Proximate analysis of the maggot meal was carried out and the result showed
that maggot meal has 93.0% Dry matter, 51.5 Crude protein, 7.0 Crude fibre,
Ether extract 20.0% and 11.0 Ash. The mean value of the growth parameters among
the three treatments was not significantly different. Treatment III compared to
treatment I recorded the greatest increase in weight (188.93g), best FCR (0.23)
and best survival rate of (99.47), while treatment II has the highest
performance of all. It is concluded that maggot meal is a viable alternative
protein source of fishmeal in the diet of African catfish. Its utilization is
expected to reduce feed cost drastically, thus leading to a viable and
sustainable aquaculture industry.
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