GROWTH RESPONSE OF Cyprinus carpio FINGERLINGS FED DIETS CONTAINING HYDROTHERMALLY PROCESSED Citrullus lanatus SEED MEAL

Year 2016, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 1 - 10, 01.01.2016

Lateef Oloyede Tiamiyu Victoria Offuene Ayuba Victor Tosin Okomoda , Saidu Umar

https://doi.org/10.3153/JAEFR16001

Abstract

The
effect of incorporating hydrothermally processed watermelon whole seeds in the
diet of fish was inves­tigated on growth, feed utilization and body composi­tion
of carp (Cyprinus carpio)
fingerlings. Fish diets (35% crude protein) were formulated using water melon
hydrothermally processed for 0 (DT1), 10 (DT2), 20(DT3), 30 (DT4) and 40
minutes (DT5) boiling time. Twenty fingerlings (1.50±0.00g each) were randomly
allocated in triplicate to 70 liters plas­tic bowls, for each treatments,
aeration was provided to culture bowls throughout the 12weeks feeding trial.
Result of the study reveals that fish fed DT₄ (30 minutes) had the
best performance in terms of mean weight gain, feed conversion ratio, feed
conversion efficiency, protein efficiency ratio, apparent net pro­tein
utilization and specific growth rate (P>0.05). Hence, hydrothermal
processing of watermelon seeds for 30minutes is recommended for better growth
in C. carpio.

Keywords

Watermelon seed, Proximate composition, Common carp, Unconventional feeds

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