Overview
identify different fish feeds materials. state nutritive value of each of the components.
What you'll learn
- Fish Feeds:
- Natural fish food:
- i. Phytoplankton (e.g. algae, rotifers, etc)
- ii. Earthworms
- iii. Insects and larvae
- iv. Paw-paw leaves
- v. maggot
- Artificial feeds:
- i. Artificially formulated feeds (e.g. pelleted and unpelleted feeds)
- ii. Rice bran
- iii. Soya bean cake
- iv. Groundnut cake
- v. Fish meal
- vi. Bone/blood meal
- vii. Wheat bran
- viii. Cotton seed cake
- ix. Red oil
- x. Garri/cornflower
- xi. Vitamin premix.
- Nutritive value of the feed components:
- i. Energy yielding feeds
- a. Corn, wheat bran
- b. Garri, rice bran
- ii. Protein
- a. Soya bean
- b. Fish meal
- c. Groundnut cake
- d. Blood meal