Paragrass as feed for the herbivorous carp Puntius gonionotus | |
| Author | Sattar, Mahammed Abdus |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-87-38 |
| Subject(s) | Fishes--Feeding and feeds Carp |
| Note | A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | An experiment was conducted for a period of 84 days to determine the optimum feeding l evel and nutritional value of paragrass (Brachiaria mutica) as feed for the tropical herbivorous carp, silver barb (Puntius gonionotus). There were five treatments in triplicate which received fresh paragrass as feed (0.5%, 1.0%, 2.5% and 7.5% of the total body weight of the fish/day, feed on a dry weight basis and fish on a wet weight basis) and one control with commercial pelleted fish feed. The 5.0% level feeding rate was the optimum on the basis of percentage weight gain (%), specific growth rate (%/day) and daily weight gain (g/day) and feed utilization efficiencies. The slow growth response of the fish was due to the poor apparent digestibility of paragrass by the test fish. Puntius did not grow as well in tanks in comparison to hapas in the pond in terms of growth rate and feed utilization efficiencies. The overall growth was also poor when compared to other species. |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Edwards, Peter |
| Examination Committee(s) | Wee, Kok Leong ;Lin, Chang Kwei |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The British Council (TCTA) |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1987 |