GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF Oreochromis niloticus FINGERLINGS FED Moringa oleifera LEAF AS REPLACEMENT FOR SOYBEAN MEAL

Year 2016, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 61 - 66, 01.04.2016

Lateff Oloyede Tiamiyu Victor Tosin Okomoda , Athanasius Aende Aende

https://doi.org/10.3153/JAEFR16008

Abstract

This
study seeks to determine the nutritive potential of Moringa oleifera Leaf (MOL) meal as replacement for soybean meal in
the diet of Oreochromis niloticus fin­gerlings.
Five diets of 25 % crude protein were formu­lated with MOL meal substituting
soybeans (14.68 level of inclusion) at 25 %, 50 %, 75 %, 100% and con­trol diet
had no inclusion of MOL. Twenty fingerlings were randomly allocated in
replicate for each treat­ment in outdoor hapas and fed 5 % body weight for a of
56 days, weighing was done weekly and feed ad­justed appropriately. Results
obtained revealed that 50 % substitution of MOL meal for soybean meal gave the
best growth and nutrient utilization, beyond this, growth significantly
reduced, hence for better perfor­mance of O.
niloticus, MOL should not be included more than 7.34 %.

Keywords

Unconventional feedstuff, Nile Tilapia, Nutrient utilization

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