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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2011

Effects of replacing fish meal with catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) processing waste water on the performance of growing pigs

Thuy, N T; Lindberg, Jan Erik; Ogle, Brian

Abstract

A feeding trial with growing pigs was carried out in which fish meal was replaced by different levels of Tra catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) by-product processing waste water (WW). A control diet included fish meal (FM) as the sole protein supplement (WW0), and there were four experimental diets in which 100% (WW100), 75% (WW75), 50% (WW50), and 25% (WW25), respectively, of the crude protein from FM in WW0 was replaced by WW. Thirty crossbred castrated (Yorkshire x Landrace) male pigs with an initial average body weight of 23.6+/-1.6 kg were allocated into 30 individual pens in a randomized complete block design with six replications. Average daily feed intake and essential amino acid intakes were higher (P<0.01) in WW0 and WW25 compared with the other three diets, and ether extract intake was highest in WW100 (P<0.01). The highest average daily gain was in WW0 (582 g/day) and lowest in WW100 (501 g/day; P<0.01). Dry matter feed conversion ratio was lowest in WW100 (2.16 kg feed/kg gain) and highest in WW0 (2.42 kg feed/kg gain) (P<0.01). The cost/gain in pigs fed WW100 was lowest (12,476 VND/kg gain), and was highest in WW0 (18,312 VND/kg gain). In conclusion, although performance is reduced, it is possible to replace up to 100% of the fish meal by catfish by-product processing waste water in diets for growing pigs, resulting in much lower feed costs.

Keywords

Tra catfish; Catfish by-product processing waste water; Growing pigs

Published in

Tropical Animal Health and Production
2011, volume: 43, number: 2, pages: 425-430
Publisher: SPRINGER

Authors' information

Thuy, N T
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Nutrition and Management
Ogle, Brian
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Nutrition and Management

UKÄ Subject classification

Animal and Dairy Science
Veterinary Science

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-010-9709-9

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/47294