TY  - THES
TY  - BOOK
T1  - Potential of black soldier fly larvae as alternative protein source in fish diet
A1  - Annatassharina Jeffery,
LA  - English
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/600080
AB  - Fish meal is a crucial component in aquaculture feed due to its high level of protein, Palatability, digestibility, and amino acid profile. However, the rising market prices and the unpredictable production drive up the production cost and lead to increasing shipping and tax costs, as well as the potential loss of the nutritional content during the shipment. Some insects are being investigated as the source of protein for animal feed due to their high content and rich amino acid profiles, such as the Black soldier fly. Black soldier fly larvae are valuable sources of protein for industrial research. This research is conducted to study growth and the suitability of the different replacements of Black soldier fly larvae in fishmeal. There are 4 diets and each treatment has 3 replications which are the control diet (0% BSFL), 10% BSFL, 20% BSFL, and 30% BSFL as a replacement to fishmeal for the 108 African catfish juveniles on growth performance. The growth performance is conducted by observing the Total Weight Gain (TWG), Total Length Gain (TLG), Condition Factor (K), Feed Efficiency Ratio (FER), Feed Intake, and Specific Growth Rate (SGR) for 30 days. After 30 days, the result showed that there was an increase in the growth performance of African catfish that are fed with diets of 20% BSFL. This resulted in the greatest performance of TWG (6.71±3.87 g), SGR (3.57±2.06), FER (192.76±111.29), and K (3196±1845.40). The is no significant difference between 30% BSFL and FM in terms of TWG, TLG, K, SGR, and FER. The poorest growth performance that is shown in the result is 10% BSFL which is TWG (3.06±1.77 g), TLG (1.58±0.91 cm), K (612.39±353.56), SGR (2.38±1.38) and FER (67.93±39.22). This may indicate that 20% of BSFL might be better for African catfish and if the research is carried out over a long period, it may show a significant difference between the treatments.
OP  - 48
CN  - FSPH 2024 2
KW  - Fish hatcheries 
KW  - Fish hatcheries
KW  - Online project paper
ER  -