Waste-grown tilapia silage as feed for walking catfish | |
| Author | Nanthawat Kerdchuen |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.AE-85-27 |
| Subject(s) | Fishes--Feeding and feeds Catfishes |
| 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 | Fish silage was prepared from waste-grown tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) with 3 % a sulphuric : formic acid mixture, and 20% molasses and 20% cassava with and without antioxidant (BHT). The nutritional and storage characteristics of the silages were studied. In general, the proximate composition of the silages did not change with storage. Such Silages were incorporated with a basal mixture and fed to walking catfish (Clarias batrachus Linnaeus). The diets contained 30 % crude protein on a wet weight basis. A Commercial pellet was used as a control. Growth performance, protein utilization, and nutrient digestibility were calculated. There were no significant (P<0.05) differences in daily weight gain, percentage weight gain, specific growth rate and food conversion ration of fish fed any of the diets. The presence of antioxidant within the experimental diets had no effect on the growth of the fish. |
| Year | 1985 |
| 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) | Wee, Kok Leong; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Edwards, Peter ;Colman, John.A; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | DAAD; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1985 |