EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PROTEIN LEVEL ON FINGERLINGS PRODUCTION OF BLACK CARP MYLOPHARYNGODON PICEUS (RICHARDSON, 1846) IN POND

M A Samad, M I Hossain, M Lutfunnahar, A K Paul and H Ferdaushy
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-227

Abstract:

An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of feed supplement on growth and production performance of fingerlings of black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) such as T1 (25% protein supplement), T2 (30% protein supplement) and T3 (35% protein supplement), and each having three replications for a period of 60 days from 17 July to 16September 2012 in Rajshahi University hatchery complex. In this experiment, same stocking density was maintained in the study with different protein level supplemented feed. The highest final weight gain (22.480.34 g), survival rate (93.330.83%) and cost benefit ratio (CBR) were found in T3 (1:1.13). The lowest feed conversion ratio (1.480.01) was observed in T3 and the highest FCR value (1.910.04) was recorded in T1. The net profit was the highest in T3 and lowest in T1, which was significantly (p<0.05) different among the treatments. Cost and benefit ratio were calculated among the treatments. CBR was also the highest in T3 (1:1.13) and lowest in T1 (1:0.40). Findings indicated that treatment T3 (35% protein containing feed) was found best in terms of production and economics of M. pecieus fingerlings cultured in ponds.

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Feed, fingerlings, production and black carp


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M A Samad, M I Hossain, M Lutfunnahar, A K Paul and H Ferdaushy. 2015. EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PROTEIN LEVEL ON FINGERLINGS PRODUCTION OF BLACK CARP MYLOPHARYNGODON PICEUS (RICHARDSON, 1846) IN POND, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 2(2): 221-227.