African Winged Termite meal Can Also Promote Growth of Sharp Tooth Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus).pdf

Abstract: Sharp-tooth catfish with initial average weight of 280.95g were fed one of the four iso-nitrogenous diets with inclusion levels of 0 g/kg, 50g/kg, 100g/kg, and 150 g/kg of African winged termite meal (TM) as fishmeal replacement for 105 days. Results revealed that all the feeding groups exhibited similar (P>0.05) growth parameters and nutrient digestibility of crude protein, crude lipid, amino and fatty acids. Feeding with different inclusion levels of termite meal did not negatively affect growth parameters such as daily growth, specific growth, feed conversion, visceral somatic index, condition factor as well as nutrient digestibility index of the fish. The study therefore concludes that diets prepared with TM can successfully be used to promote growth performance and nutrient digestibility of the Sharp-tooth catfish. Key words: Aquaculture, aquafeed, termite meal, growth of catfish.