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Comparative Study of Growth Performance, Food Utilization and Survival of the African Catfish Clarias gariepinus (BURCHELL, 1822) Fingerlings FED Live MAGGOT (Musca domestica) and COPPENS Commercial Feed

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  • Awom Iroamachi Emeka
  • Eyo Victor Oscar

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A 70-day feeding experiment was conducted to determine the effect of live maggot and Coppens feed on the growth, food utilization and survival of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus).Triplicate group of fish with a mean initial wet weight of 100.50 ± 2.03 g and length of 9.09 ± 0.11 cm were stocked in six glass aquaria (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2 and B3) measuring 96 cm x 50 cm x29 cm. Fish in A1, A2 and A3 were fed live maggot and B1, B2 and B3 were fed Coppens feed at 5% of their body weight. Growth performance of fish fed Coppens feed evaluated using weight gain (g), length gain (cm), growth rate, specific growth rate, mean growth rate, percentage weight gain and survival varied significantly form fish fed live maggot. Fish fed Coppens feed consumed significantly (P

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  • Awom Iroamachi Emeka & Eyo Victor Oscar, 2016. "Comparative Study of Growth Performance, Food Utilization and Survival of the African Catfish Clarias gariepinus (BURCHELL, 1822) Fingerlings FED Live MAGGOT (Musca domestica) and COPPENS Commercial Feed," International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, vol. 2(2), pages 379-386, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ijs:ijsrse:v2:y2016:i2:id:hijsrset162283
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