UTILIZATION OF LIPID AS DIETARY ENERGY SOURCE FOR FINGERLINGS OF CHANNA STRIATUS

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Raj A. Jesu Arockia
Haniffa M.A
Seetharaman S
Perumalsamy P

Abstract

An experiment was carried out to determine the dietary lipid requirement of the fingerlings of the striped murrel Channa striatus. Cod liver oil was used as a source oflipid and six crude lipid levels (7.54 - 22.3%) and energy levels (3.54 - 4.38 kcal/g) were selected. Each diet was given as 3% of total wet body weight in two equal rations to triplicate groups of 20 fingerlings with an average individual weight of 0.62 ± 0.22g in cement aquaria (capacity: 500 l) for 8 weeks. Growth rate was the highest in fingerlings fed at 13.54% lipid diet, where the conversion was the lowest (1.33) and the specific growth rate was the highest (2.15o/oIday). Dietary lipid produced a significant difference in the growth of C. striatus.

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A. Jesu Arockia, R., M.A, H., S, S., & P, P. (2004). UTILIZATION OF LIPID AS DIETARY ENERGY SOURCE FOR FINGERLINGS OF CHANNA STRIATUS. Malaysian Journal of Science, 23(2), 1–5. Retrieved from https://ajap.um.edu.my/index.php/MJS/article/view/8375
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