Effects of feeding rate on conversion efficiency and chemical composition of the fish Tilapia mossambica

Pandian, T. J. ; Raghuraman, R. (1972) Effects of feeding rate on conversion efficiency and chemical composition of the fish Tilapia mossambica Marine Biology, 12 (2). pp. 129-136. ISSN 0025-3162

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Abstract

Average daily rations of 14, 35 or 58 mg Tubifex tubifex worm per gram of the fish Tilapia mossambica PETERS represent maintenance, optimum or maximum feeding levels. At these levels, conversion efficiency (K 1) is 5,9 or 24%. An amount of 65 mg worm/g fish/day, when fed under experimental conditions, is converted with the poorest conversion efficiency (4%). Test individuals fed at 11 to 49 mg worm/g fish/day show a decreasing trend in water content (78.1 to 74.8%), and an increasing trend in fat content (32.1 to 44.2%). Below or above this feeding rate range, water content increases, while fat content decreases. The range of individual variations in fat content is nearly 3 times greater than that of ash and 15 times greater than that of water. Test individuals starved for 60 days lose 2.1 mg dry body weight/g/day. This loss is contributed by calorifically equivalent amounts of fat and protein. The endogenous loss of nitrogen by these individuals averaged 0.18 mg N/g body weight/day.

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