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Evaluation of soybean meal as a supplementary feed for red tilapia (O. niloticus x O. mossambicus) | |
Author | Le Thanh Hung |
Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-89-66 |
Subject(s) | Fishes--Feeding and feeds |
Note | A Thesis summitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
Abstract | The present study evaluated soybean meal as a complete replacement of fish meal in a supplementary pelleted feed for red tilapia reared in a manured system. The ' experiment was conducted in outdoor tanks fertilized with buffalo manure and inorganic feminizer. Six diets were formulated, including a control diet based on fish meal (diet 1 ) and four soybean based diets supplemented with (a ) 0.25% methionine + 0.5% lysine + 3% oil + 3.!l1 dicalcium phosphate ยท (diet 2 ) ; (b) 3% oil + 3% dicalcium phosphate (di et 3 ) ; (c ) 3% di calcium phosphate (diet 4); ( d ) 3% dicalciurn phosphate + citric acid (diet 6). Soybean with out. any supplementation was used in diet 5. There were seven treatments in triplicates including six treatments with feed input a nd a treatment without feed input. Tb e results indicated that supplementation of soybean with 3% dicalcinm phosphate let to a growth performance (SGR: 2. 7 8- 2. 90 9;;/day, daily weigh t gain approximate 0. 8g /day) and efficient feed utilization (FCR: 1.5; PCE: 35% ) comparable to. fish fed fish meal based diet. Low phosphorus availability ( 35% ) in soybean based diets is thus the major drawback of the soybean based diets . . Complete replacement fisl1 m8al in t h e manure d system with soybean meal without supplementation of of calcium and phosphorus resulted in low growth performance ( SGR: 2. 29 and 0. 5g daily weight gain ) , less efficient in feed utilization (FCR: 2.46 and PCE:21.40% ) and altered body composition in term of carcass lipid and ash content as well as low bone phosphorus. Citric acid supplementation had a negative effect on fish growth. |
Year | 1989 |
Type | Thesis |
School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
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 ; |
Examination Committee(s) | Edwards, Peter ;Lin, Chang Kwei ; |
Scholarship Donor(s) | The Government of Australia ; |
Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989 |