Abstract
Fishmeal is made from fish by catch, market reject, undesirable sizes and the filleting waste from the processing of the fish to test its impact on broiler chick growth. A control broiler chick feeds and three levels of fishmeal meals made from Plectroponus moculates, Crenimugil crenilabis and Naso unicorns were used as a broiler chick growth promotor in a completely randomized experiment. Very highly significant growth correlation (p<0.001) was found in chicks group fed control feed. The calculated r=0.972 was higher than the tabulated r=0.924.Feeds 1, 2 and 3 yielded significant growth correlation (p<0.05). The calculated r-value ranged from 0.796 to 0.832 and the tabulated (r=0.707). Daily feed intake ranged from 85.45 to97.81g, while daily weight gain, 30.60to 32.94g.
Keywords: Fishmeal, Poultry, Growth.
BY :
Amani. K. Ibrahim1, Abdalla N. Elawad2*and Zuheir N. Mahmoud3
1.Department of Zoology, Faculty of Education, Red Sea University.
2.Fisheries and Aquatics Animal Research Center, Khartoum. Sudan.
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum.