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Evaluation of soybean meal as a supplementary feed for red tilapia (O. niloticus x O. mossambicus)

AuthorLe Thanh Hung
Call NumberAIT Thesis no. AE-89-66
Subject(s)Fishes--Feeding and feeds

NoteA Thesis summitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractThe 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.
Year1989
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Environment, Resources, and Development
DepartmentDepartment of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB))
Academic Program/FoSAgricultural and Food Engineering (AE)
Chairperson(s)Yakupitiyage, Amararatne ;
Examination Committee(s)Edwards, Peter ;Lin, Chang Kwei ;
Scholarship Donor(s)The Government of Australia ;
DegreeThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989


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