GROWTH RESPONSE OF NILE TILAPIA OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS(L) FINGERLINGS FED PARKIA BIGLOBOSA(JACQ BENTH) PULP MEAL AS A PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF MAIZE MEAL

📄 Project Abstract

Nutrition comprises all the activities associated with securing the materials necessary for an organisms survival(Falayi,2009). Carbohydrates are many in nature and are highly important in animal feeds. They form about 75% of all the dry matter in plants and the chief source of energy and heat in the feeds of animals (Falayi, 2009).Starch is the major storage carbohydrate in plants. It has found immense industrial use in the manufacture of products such as food, textile, paper, adhesive and pharmaceuticals, reported (Ihegwuagu et al., 2009). Carbohydrates are the major source of dietary energy for terrestrial animals; however the ability of fish to utilize carbohydrates varies among fish species (NRC, 1993). 1.1.1 Maize Maize is a cereal crop consumed by man and livestocks.The increasing prohibitive cost of this maize has necessitated the need to search for an alternative source of energy. Recently, FAO (2006), reported shortages in the production of cereals as a serious issue in many ...