@article{article_298845, title={GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF CLARIAS GARIEPINUS FINGERLINGS FED Citrullus lanatus SEED MEAL AS A REPLACEMENT FOR SOYBEAN MEAL}, journal={Journal of Aquaculture Engineering and Fisheries Research}, volume={1}, pages={49–56}, year={2015}, DOI={10.3153/JAEFR15005}, author={Tiamiyu, Lateef Oloyede and Okomoda, Victor Tosin OKOMODA and Agbese, Victoria Edugwu}, keywords={Proximate composition,Unconventional feed,Water melon}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">This study was designed to evaluate the
growth per­formance of <i>Clarias gariepinus </i>fingerlings fed wa­termelon seed meal as substitute for soybean meal. Five
diets of 35% crude protein were formulated with watermelon seed meal replacing
soybeans at 25% (DT <sub>2 </sub>), 50% (DT <sub>3 </sub>), 75% (DT <sub>4 </sub>),
100% (DT <sub>5 </sub>) and con­trol diet 0% (DT <sub>1 </sub>) had no inclusion of
Watermelon seed meal. Twenty fingerlings were randomly allocat­ed in replicate
for each treatment in outdoor hapas and fed 5% body weight throughout the study
period of 8weeks with weekly weight measurement and appro­priate feed
adjustment. The mean weight gain, specific growth rate, protein efficiency
ratio were highest in DT <sub>2 </sub>(5.05g, <sub> </sub>0.019 and 0.96
respectively) while lower values were recorded in DT <sub>5 </sub>(3.31g, 0.014,
0.80 re­spectively). Superiority of protein in soybean as well as
anti-nutritional factor present in the raw watermel­on seed meal and high fiber
contents of diet are envis­aged as reasons for better performance of diet with
no or lesser water melon meal inclusion, hence it inclu­sion should be limited
to 16% for better growth per­formance of <i>Clarias
gariepinus </i>. </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Özkan ÖZDEN}