Effects of the fresh and dried housefly (Musca domestica) larvae in the diets of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758): growth, feed utilization efficiency, body composition and biological indices
Year 2023,
, 1 - 10, 01.01.2023
Cayen Sédro Alofa
,
Isabella Yasmine Olodo
,
Mouhamed Chabı Kpera Orou Narı
,
Youssouf Abou
Abstract
A 56-day feeding trial was undertaken to assess the effects of housefly maggots (HM) forms (dried and fresh) as protein sources on growth, feed efficiency, and body indices of Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings. A control diet (T0) contained 300 g/kg of fishmeal (without HM). Two practical diets with the same formula were prepared with dried HM (T1) and fresh HM (T2) where 66 % of the fishmeal was replaced. Diets were fed to triplicate groups of tilapia (mean initial weight: 10.26 ±0.12 g). There was no difference in survival, condition factor, feed conversion ratio, and protein efficiency ratio. Fish fed diets T0 and T1 had significantly increased (P < 0.05) mean final weight (50.25 ±1.39 - 52.24 ±1.03 g), specific growth rate (2.84 ±0.03 - 2.88 ±0.03 %/day) and weight gain (389.70 ±7.63 - 402.78 ±8.16 %) compared to T2 diet ones (46.30 ±2.03 g; 2.67 ±0.07 %/day and 356.70 ±7.76 % respectively). Viscerosomatic and hepatosomatic index in fish fed T1 and T2 diets were significantly higher than those fed T0. The present findings indicate that the dried form of housefly maggot has given the best results in terms of growth compared to the live form. However, housefly forms did not affect feed efficiency parameters.
Supporting Institution
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Benin
Project Number
Grant No MERS-2015-125
Thanks
The authors thank the Laboratory of Ecology and Aquatics Ecosystems Management for providing the facilities required for the study. Sincere gratitude is also extended to Megnonhou Noumonvi and Valentin Ekpe for their contribution in carrying out the feeding experiment.
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Year 2023,
, 1 - 10, 01.01.2023
Cayen Sédro Alofa
,
Isabella Yasmine Olodo
,
Mouhamed Chabı Kpera Orou Narı
,
Youssouf Abou
Project Number
Grant No MERS-2015-125
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9258(18)64849-5
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Hansen, A.C., Rosenlund, G., Karlsen, O., Olsvik, P.A., Hemre, G.I. (2006). The inclusion of plant protein in cod diets, its effects on macronutrient digestibility, gut and liver histology and heat shock protein transcription. Aquaculture Research, 37, 773-784.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01490.x
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2015.03.001
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Liu, X.J., Luo, Z., Xiong, B.X., Liu, X., Zhao, Y.H., Hu, G.F., Lv, G.J. (2010). Effect of water borne copper exposure on growth, hepatic enzymatic activities and histology in Synechogobius hasta. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 73, 1286-1291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.06.019
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- Ogunji, J.O., Summan Toor, R.U.A., Schulz, C., Kloas, W. (2008). Growth performance, nutrient utilization of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus fed housefly maggot meal (magmeal) diets. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 8, 141-147.
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- Oyelese, O.A. (2007). Utilization of compounded ration and maggot in the diet of Clarias gariepinus. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, 2, 301-306.
- Rurangwa, E., Van den Berg, J., Laleye, P.A., van Duijn, A.P., Rothuis, A. (2014). Mission exploratoire Pêche, Pisciculture et Aquaculture au Bénin: Un quick scan du secteur pour des possibilités d’interventions. IMARES report C072/14, 70p.
- Shiau, S.Y., Yu, Y.P. (1999). Dietary supplementation of chitin and chitosan depresses growth in tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus × O. aureus. Aquaculture, 179, 439-446.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0044-8486(99)00177-5
- Tran, G., Heuzé, V., Makkar, H.P.S. (2015). Insects in fish diets. Animal frontiers, 5(2), 37-44.
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