Lysine requirement and its effect on the body composition of Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings
2010
Ovie, S.O. | Eze, S.S.
The study was carried out to investigate the lysine requirement and its effect on the body composition of Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings. Two hundred and seventy fingerling O. niloticus (9.01 -11.09g) were reared in 35L plastic troughs. Six diets were formulated, containing 35% crude protein. The diets were formulated with ingredients deficient of lysine (Groundnut cake -3.23g lysine/100g diet and guinea corn -1.9g lysine/100g diet) for O. niloticus having whole body content of 7.51g lysine/100g protein. The diets consist of a basal diet (Diet I, no added lysine), while the test diets (II, III, IV and V) had 4.56g, 6.87g, 7.30g, 7.41g lysine/100g protein respectively. The reference diet was made of Clupeids (mixture of Pellonula afzeliusi and Physalia pellucida), groundnut cake and guinea corn but no added lysine (5.37g lysine/100g protein). The fish were fed twice daily (0900 and 18.00hrs) at 3% body weight for 56 days. There was significant difference in the mean weight gain and food conversion efficiency (P<0.05). The four levels of lysine resulted in quadratic responses (P<0.05). Calculation using regression equations from the relationship between the specific growth rate, weight gain and lysine levels show that lysine requirement for fingerling was 7.12g/100g protein respectively. The requirement of O. niloticus for lysine is 7.12g lysine/100g protein.
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