TY  - JOUR
T1  - Growth Performance of Heteroclarias Hybrid Fingerlings Fed Watermelon Seed
Meal as a Replacement for Soybean Meal
AU - Omoruwou, P.E. AU - Meye, J.A. 
JO  - Journal of Fisheries International
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1817-3381
DO  - jfish.2019.1.5
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jfish.2019.1.5
KW  - Heteroclarias
KW  -hybrid
KW  -growth performance
KW  -seed meal
KW  -fiber contents
KW  -protein
AB  - The growth performance of heteroclarias hybrid fingerlings was studied using watermelon seed meal
as substitute for soybean meal. The 4 different diets were formulated with watermelon seed meal replacing
soybeans at 25% (X<sub>2</sub>), 50% (X<sub>3</sub>) and 100% (X<sub>4</sub>) with (X<sub>1</sub>) as the control (0%) at 35% crude protein inclusion. The 
25 fingerlings were randomly distributed in replicate for each treatment in transparent plastic tanks and fed 5%
body weight throughout the study period of 10 weeks with weekly weight measurement and proper feed
adjustment. The mean weight gain, specific growth rate, protein efficiency ratio were highest in X<sub>2</sub> (10.41, 0.017 
and 2.76 g, respectively) while lower values were recorded in X<sub>4</sub> (5.91, 0.012 and 2.08 g, respectively). 
Dominance of protein in soybean as well as anti nutrxitional factor present in the raw watermelon seed meal and
high fiber contents of diet are seen as reasons for better performance of diet with lesser watermelon meal
inclusion. Therefore, its inclusion should be limited to 20% for better growth performance of heteroclarias
hybrid.
ER  -