Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
2003, Vol 3, Num, 2 (Pages: 81-85)
Replacing Fish Meal with Poultry By-Product Meal in Practical Diets for Mirror Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Fingerlings
Yılmaz Emre 1 ,Hüseyin Sevgili 1 ,İbrahim Diler 1
1 Kepez Aquaculture Center, P.O. Box 190, 07001 Antalya, Turkey
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Four isocaloric and isonitrogenous rations containing various levels (0% or control), 33%, 67% and 100% of fish meal)
of poultry by-product meal (PBM) were fed to three replicate groups of mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio) fingerlings with a
mean initial weight of 15.40±0.03 g. 50 fish per tank were tested for 10 weeks in 500 l fibreglass tanks. Average weight gain
of carp fingerlings fed the control were significantly (P<0.05) higher (42.63±0.66) compared to fish fed 33%, 67% and 100%
PBM of fish meal (30.14±0.06, 25.91±0.48 and 19.77±0.07, respectively). Significant variation in feed conversation ratios
which varied between 1.71±0.02 and 2.81±0.03 for the control and 100% PBM, respectively, were obtained among the
groups. Similarly, specific growth rate and protein efficiency ratio decreased significantly (P<0.05) as the level of PBM
increased. However, condition factor, dress out percentage and the whole body composition didn’t exhibit any significant
variation among the test groups.
Keywords :
diet, common carp, Cyprinus carpio, poultry by-product meal, fish meal