TY - JOUR
T1 - Partial substitution of fish meal with soybean and cottonseed meals in diets for African bonytongue, Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier, 1829) fingerlings
T2 - Effects on growth, feed efficiency and body composition
AU - Monentcham Monentcham, Serge Eric
AU - Kestemont, P.
AU - Kouam, J.
AU - Chuba, D.
AU - Wathelet, B.
AU - Pouomogne, V.
N1 - Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/9/1
Y1 - 2010/9/1
N2 - A feeding trial was conducted to examine the suitability of soybean meal (SBM) and cottonseed meal (CSM) as a partial substitute for the dietary protein supplied by fish meal for H. niloticus fingerlings. Fish were fed with four isonitrogenous (350 g kg crude protein) and isoenergetic (18.8 kJ g GE) diets in which fish meal protein was gradually replaced by plant protein from a mixture of SBM and CSM (0%, 25%, 50% and 75% in diets 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively). Triplicate groups of fingerlings H. niloticus (mean weight of 5 g) were handfed twice daily to apparent satiation for 60 days inside net hapas. Growth performances (SGR varied from 3.09% to 3.16% day ) of fingerlings fed diets containing 0%, 25% and 50% plant protein were not significantly different (P>0.05). At 75% fish meal substitution, growth and feed utilization efficiency indicators were significantly reduced (P
AB - A feeding trial was conducted to examine the suitability of soybean meal (SBM) and cottonseed meal (CSM) as a partial substitute for the dietary protein supplied by fish meal for H. niloticus fingerlings. Fish were fed with four isonitrogenous (350 g kg crude protein) and isoenergetic (18.8 kJ g GE) diets in which fish meal protein was gradually replaced by plant protein from a mixture of SBM and CSM (0%, 25%, 50% and 75% in diets 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively). Triplicate groups of fingerlings H. niloticus (mean weight of 5 g) were handfed twice daily to apparent satiation for 60 days inside net hapas. Growth performances (SGR varied from 3.09% to 3.16% day ) of fingerlings fed diets containing 0%, 25% and 50% plant protein were not significantly different (P>0.05). At 75% fish meal substitution, growth and feed utilization efficiency indicators were significantly reduced (P
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02461.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02461.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957099291
SN - 1355-557X
VL - 41
JO - Aquaculture Research
JF - Aquaculture Research
IS - 10
ER -