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Determination of the Proximate Composition of Available Fish Feed Ingredients in Bangladesh

Mohammad Abdul Baten Bhuyain
Depatment of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Rajshahi, 6205 Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Md. Istiaque Hossain
Depatment of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Rajshahi, 6205 Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Md. Ayenuddin Haque
Depatment of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Rajshahi, 6205 Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Md. Abu Sayed Jewel
Depatment of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Rajshahi, 6205 Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Jakia Hasan
Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI), Marine Fisheries and Technology Station, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Sumaiya Akter
Depatment of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Rajshahi, 6205 Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The proximate composition of most of the fish feed ingredients available in Bangladesh is unknown to fish feed producers and farmers. That prohibits them to utilize these ingredients in the formulation of low-cost fish feed for aquaculture. The objective of the present study was to determine the proximate composition of fish feed ingredients from a wide range of areas of Bangladesh. A total of 163 samples of 19 different available feed ingredients were collected and analyzed for proximate composition viz. moisture, crude protein, total ash, crude fiber, crude fat, and nitrogen-free extract (NFE) followed by standard methods. Among the plant origin ingredients, the highest value of crude protein was found in soybean oil cake and thus it can easily replace fish meal and meat and bone meal to produce quality fish feed. Among the animal origin feed ingredients, higher crude protein content was found in protein concentrate and lower in dry trash fish. The crude fat content of plant origin feed ingredients ranged between 0.99±1.31 (rapeseed oil cake) to 18.93±1.07% (soybean full fat) and in animal origin feed ingredients the fat content ranged between 4.08±1.86 (meat and bone meal) and 10.33±2.02% (dry trash fish). Most of the samples of mustard oil cake (88.89%), soybean oil cake (55.56%), and wheat bran, and rice bran (B-grade) (100%) were found in the lower standard. Knowledge of the proximate composition of feed ingredients acquainted in the present study will help to produce low-cost quality fish feed from locally available feed ingredients.

Keywords: Crude protein, Crude fat, Feed samples, Proximate analysis, Bangladesh

Location: Mymensingh, Gazipur, Comilla, Bogra, Noakhali, Chittagong, Dhaka, Barisal, Bhola, Khulna, and Rajshahi areas of Bangladesh.

Start Date: 00-00-2013

End Date: 00-00-2014

Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Feed

Objectives:

To determine the proximate composition of locally available feed ingredients for the development of commercial aquaculture feed for fish culture in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

The feed ingredients were collected from different feed value chain actors like feed mills, ingredient suppliers, retailers, producers, etc., from Mymensingh, Gazipur, Comilla, Bogra, Noakhali, Chittagong, Dhaka, Barisal, Bhola, Khulna, and Rajshahi areas of Bangladesh. A total of 163 samples of 19 different feed ingredients (Appendix plate 1) were collected during the study period of 2013-2014. Preparation of samples: The feed ingredients were collected as bulk quantities from different lots of supplied raw materials. A sampling of each feed ingredient from an entire lot was done following the “Quartering” method followed by Jacobs8 and Lovell9. The sample of each feed ingredient was grounded using an electrical grinder into small particle size and sieved the trash with a sieve of 60 µm mesh size. After sieving the samples were stored in dry and well-covered containers until analysis. Proximate analysis: The analysis of proximate composition was done in the laboratory of SMS feeds limited, Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. On each chemical analysis, triplicate determinations were carried out. Nitrogen free extract (NFE) was determined by the difference between the original weight of the sample and sum of the weights of its moisture, crude protein (CP), crude fat (CF), ash, and crude fiber as determined by their appropriate analysis followed by Castell and Tiews16: NFE (wet basis) (%) = 100-(% moisture+ % CP + %CF + % ash + % CFb). Data for moisture (%), dry matter (%), crude protein (%), total ash (%), crude fiber (%), crude fat (%), and NFE from proximate analysis were subjected to a one-way Analysis of variance (ANOVA) using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) var. 20. When a mean effect was significant, the ANOVA was followed by Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at a 5% level of significance17. The percentage data were subjected to arcsine transformation before analysis.

Source of Information: Asian J. Agric. Res., 13 (1): 13-19, 2019

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: 10.3923/ajar.2019.13.19

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Achievement/Findings:

It can be concluded that high price fish ingredients can be replaced by locally available fish feed ingredients to formulate low-cost quality fish feed for the aquaculture industry. A balanced mixture of feed ingredients will provide more balance nutrients than only the use of inadequate feed components to formulate the fish feed.

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