The effect of partial replacement of dietary fishmeal with fermented prawn waste liquor on juvenile sea bass growth

• Main Authors: Mohd. Nor, Norkamisah, Zakaria, Zainoha, Abd. Manaf, Muhammed Suhaimee, Md. Salleh, Madihah
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. 2011
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/29487/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10454438.2011.549784
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A feeding trial was conducted for 49 days to evaluate the effect of partially substituting fishmeal with fermented prawn waste liquor (FPWL) in juvenile sea bass diets at 10%, 20%, and 30% of the total diet. Growth performance of sea bass from 16 g up to 40 g fed with FPWL-supplemented diet was not significantly different from the all fishmeal control diet. The most cost-effective diet included FPWL at 30%, with weight gain, feed conversion ratio, and protein efficiency ratio of 180%, 1.78%, and 1.2% respectively.