ASSESSMENT OF COTTON-SEED (Gossypium species) MEAL AS INGREDIENT IN THE DIET OF Clarias gariepinus FINGERLINGS

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dc.contributor.authorASHIRU, AMINU
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-26T10:39:09Z
dc.date.available2014-02-26T10:39:09Z
dc.date.issued2011-05
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN (BIOLOGY EDUCATION). DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA May, 2011.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe effect of feeding graded levels of cotton Gossypium Spp. seed meal as an inclusion in the diet of Clarias gariepinus juveniles for growth performance and feed utilization was analysed in comparison with the conventional commercial fish feed. Six experimental rations formulated were cotton-seed Gossypium Spp. meal replaced fish meal at graded levels of 20%, 30%, 50%, and 100% and were fed to Clarias gariepinus juveniles for 56 days, the experiment was conducted in six outdoor concrete tanks in the Department of Biological Sciences Garden, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Data for each parameter were subjected to Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the means for various experimental diets were compared for significant differences at 0.05% level of inclusion. The results showed that fish fed with D1 which has 20% gave the best Body Weight Gain (81.28g), Specific Growth Rate (2.23), Feed Conversion Ratio (2.04), Protein Efficiency Ratio (2.21), Net Protein Utilization (35.14) and Condition Factor (1.49), while diet D2 gave the least Weight Gain (49.67g), Specific Growth Rate (1.58), Feed Conversion Ratio (3.64), Protein Efficient Ratio (1.24), Net Protein Utilization (20.27) and Condition factor (0.79).The levels of Anti-nutritional Factors are negligible. The results were significantly different (p<0.05) for both growth and feed utilization parameters. Carcass crude protein was also significantly higher p<0.05 in fish fed D1 (20%) with (60.63%) and therefore, cotton-seed meal can be used as a replacement for fish meal at 20% level of inclusion. The results established significant reduction in production cost while optimal production is achieved.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2762
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENTen_US
dc.subjectCOTTON-SEED (Gossypium species)en_US
dc.subjectMEALen_US
dc.subjectINGREDIENTen_US
dc.subjectDIETen_US
dc.subjectClarias gariepinus FINGERLINGSen_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF COTTON-SEED (Gossypium species) MEAL AS INGREDIENT IN THE DIET OF Clarias gariepinus FINGERLINGSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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