Impact of Silkworm Pupae as Supplementary Feed for Feeding to Fingerlings of Common Carp
- Author Saugata Sasmal
- Co-Author Dibyendu Das, Goutam Roy
- DOI https://ww
- Country : India
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Keywords : Silkworm pupae, Supplementary feed, Fingerling, Common Carp.
Abstract
Studies were conducted to evaluate the impact of silkworm pupae in the practical diets for common carp fingerlings growth and survival. Four experimental diets using silkworm pupae with 25%, 30%, 35%, and 40% protein levels incorporate with rice bran, mustard oil cake-based control diet (25% protein) were formulated. Fish seed was feed @ 4% of the body weight of the fish. In term of growth (SGR), feed conversion (FCR), protein efficiency ratio (PER) and protein and lipid deposition in the muscle, silkworm pupae incorporated (43.75%) diet having 40% protein level showed the best performance of the fish in comparison to those with the control diet. The results indicate that silkworm pupae could be the possible low-cost animal protein rich alternative source and may be successfully used as supplementary feed for Common carp fingerlings.
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