EFFECT OF FEEDING RATE AND FEEDING FREQUENCY ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF CLARIAS BATRACHUS
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ASHA DHAWAN
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VANEET INDER KAUR
Abstract
The study was conducted to assess the impact of different feeding rates and feeding frequencies on the growth and survival of fingerlings of Indian catfish, Clarias batrachus. Fish were fed with supplementary diet composed of rice bran, mustard meal, meat cum bone meal and soybean meal (in equal proportions) @ 10% (FR1), 20% (FR2), 30% (FR3), 40% (FR4), 50% (FR5) and 60% (FR6) body weight. The experiment was conducted for 90 days where 20 % feeding rate (FR2) resulted in maximum body weight gain of fish, when reared indoor. Likewise, SGR as well as PER was also significantly (P<0.05) highest in FR2. In another experiment, the fish were fed at three feeding frequencies viz. once a day (FF1), twice a day (FF2) and thrice a week (FF3) for 60 days. The maximum increase in body weight was
observed in FFÂ 1. No significant differences were observed for water quality parameters with respect to different feeding rates and feeding frequencies. It was concluded that feeding rate @ 20 % body weight once a day is appropriate for indoor rearing of fingerlings of Clarias batrachus.
Key words : Specific growth rate, protein efficiency ratio, Clarias batrachus.
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