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Study of fish meal substitution with earthworm in diet of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | ||
| مجله علمی شیلات ایران | ||
| Article 6, Volume 24, Issue 3 - Serial Number 92, October 2015, Pages 59-67 PDF (492.29 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.22092/isfj.2017.110194 | ||
| Authors | ||
| S.K. Allameh* ; A. Azarbayejani; M. Mohammadi; A. Akhundi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of earthworm (Eisenia fetida) in diet for rainbow trout in a complete randomized design with 5 treatments in triplicates using 15 cages in a pound for 8 weeks. Ten fish with average weight 120 g was stocked in each replication.The earthworm (as fed) at the levels of 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% was replaced with fish meal in rainbow trout diet. Results showed that feed intake decreased significantly (P < 0.05) as earthworm increased. The diets contain 25% and 50% earthworm showed no significane differences compared to control for weight gain, specific growth rate and feed conversion ratio (P > b0.05). The chemical composition analysis of fish meat showed that there were no significant effects between control and 25% and 50% earthworm in diet for dry matter, crude protein and ash, but fat content significantly decreaed as earthworm increased (P < 0.05). This present study showed that the earthworm (Eisenia fetida) can be used in rainbow trout diet up to 50% instead of fish meal. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| earthworm; Fish meal; Rainbow trout; Growth; body chemichal composition | ||
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