Development of Cost Effective and Eco-Friendly Fish Feed by Using Di
Calcium Phosphate Supplemented Plant Meal Based Diet for
Cirrhinus mrigala (Mori)
Juveniles
Maria Sana1, Muhammad Mudassar Shahzad2*,
Sadia Muhammad Din1, Fatima Yasin2, Marzia
Batool1 and Usman Elahi3
1Department
of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences Superior University
Lahore; 2Department of Zoology, Division of Science and
Technology, University of Education, Township, Lahore, Pakistan;
3Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Superior
University Lahore
*Corresponding author:
drmudassarshahzad@gmail.com
Abstract
The goal of current study is to provide a cost-effective and environmentally
sustainable diet for Cirrhinus (C.) mrigala fingerlings by incorporating
Di Calcium Phosphate (DCP) into a plant-based diet to improve hematological
indices, nutrient digestibility, and mineral absorption. Six test meals (0, 1,
2, 3, 4, 5) were created using different DCP levels (0, 0.20, 0.40, 0.60, 0.80
and 1.00 g/Kg). 20 fingerlings were placed in each glass tank for the trial and
were fed twice daily. Values were subjected to one-way analysis of variance by
applying Duncan’s test to find out the statistics of nutrient digestibility,
mineral absorption, hematological indices and considered significant at p<0.05.
Result showed that statistically improved values of RBCs (3.05×106 mm-3),
Hb (8.01 g/100ml), and Ht (32.47%) were computed at diet 3 having 0.60 g/kg
level of DCP, whereas test diet 2 (0.40g/kg) had the maximum value of PLT
(63.40%). Significantly, the highest values of crude protein (70%) and fat (69%)
observed at test diet 3 having 0.60g/kg level of DCP but, gross energy (68%) was
observed at test diet 2 having (0.40g/kg DCP level). At test diet 3 (0.60g/kg),
mineral absorption was likewise at its maximum value (Ca, Na, K, P as 72.21,
72.45, 66.55 and 72.47%, respectively).
Compared to the control group and all other test diets, all of these values were
significantly different.
On the basis of these results, it can be concluded that, diet 3 (0.60g/kg)
reduces the discharge of minerals and nutrients into water with improved
hematological indices, as it was the optimal DCP level for producing economical
and environment friendly feed for C.
mrigala fingerlings.
To Cite This Article:
Sana M, Shahzad MM, Din SM, Yasin F, Batool M and Elahi U, 2024.
Development of cost effective and
eco-friendly fish feed by using di calcium phosphate supplemented plant meal
based diet for cirrhinus mrigala (mori)
juveniles. Pak Vet J. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2024.275