Effects of Replacing Fish Meal with Peanut Meal (Arachis hypogaea) on Growth, Feed Utilization and Body Composition of Mozambique Tilapia Fries (OreChromis mossambicus)

The study was to determine the effects of diets replacing fish meal (FM) with peanut meal (PNM) on feed utilization, growth performance and body composition of Mozambique tilapia (OreChromis mossambicus, initial body weight 0.830.17 g). Five isonitrogenous (37% CP) and isolipidic (9% CL) experimenta...

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Published inPakistan journal of zoology Vol. 46; no. 2
Main Authors Yildirim, Onder, Acar, Amit, Ali TA14rker, Murat Can Sunar, Osman Sabri Kesbic
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lahore AsiaNet Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd 01.04.2014
Subjects
Arachis hypogaea
Tilapia
Pakistan
Mozambique
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Summary:The study was to determine the effects of diets replacing fish meal (FM) with peanut meal (PNM) on feed utilization, growth performance and body composition of Mozambique tilapia (OreChromis mossambicus, initial body weight 0.830.17 g). Five isonitrogenous (37% CP) and isolipidic (9% CL) experimental diets with 0% (PNM-0), 10% (PNM-10), 20% (PNM-20), 30% (PNM-30) and 40% (PNM-40) of fish meal replaced with PNM. At the end of a 45 day feeding trial, PNM-10 and PNM-20 diets showed the best growth performance and feed evaluation. Higher dietary FM replacement negatively affected growth performance and feed evaluation. Our results at the end of the experiment showed that the replacement of FM by PNM in Mozambique tilapia diets does not affect bodycomposition. In conclusion, these results indicate that the replacement of 20% dietary FM with PNM had no adverse effect on the growth performance, body composition parameters and general health of Mozambique tilapia fries (mean weight 0.8-3 g).
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ISSN:0030-9923