| Author | Panganiban, Arthur L., Jr. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-95-48 |
| Subject(s) | Nile tilapia
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| Note | A thesis submitted in pa1tial fu1fillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Tilapia seed production is now widely popular as a requirement for more intensive
commercial fish production. Seed production itself is affected by different factors ranging from
biological to environmental conditions. Included here are dieta1y feeding frequency and ration
level of the broodfish diet. Subjecting the female Nile tilapia to restricted and satiation rations,
both administered at once and twice per day will give us a clearer insight of these factors on seed
production. The experiment was designed as a two-way factorial Anova with replication to detect
the effect among the different treatments on seed production. It was found out that restricted
feeding at 0.5% body weight was better than satiation ration in the seed production performance
and growth pe1f01mance of female broodfish. It was fiuther found that increasing the feeding
frequency does not improve the growth perfo1mance of broodstock. As an improvement to this
study, fish samples taken from each replicate should be analyzed after eve1y breeding inte1val. For
fiuther studies, it is recommended that water quality should also be conelated with seed
production and that male broodfish should also be considered to evaluate seed production
perfo1mance. |
| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Yakupitiyage, Amararatne;Little, David C. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Lin, Chang Kwei |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1995 |