1Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar- 751 002, Odisha, India
Regional Research Centre, Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, P.O.-Rahara, Kolkata- 700 118, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author: E mail: bnpaulcifa@gmail.com
Online published on 18 September, 2014.
A 90 days feeding trial was conducted using pabda, Ompok pabda fry (av. wt.±1.10 g) to study the effect of feeding frequency on growth performance. The ingredients used for the feed preparation were fish meal, soybean meal, corn powder, sunflower oil, attractants and vitamin-mineral mixture. The feed was fed once (Feeding frequency 1), twice (Feeding frequency 2) and thrice (Feeding frequency 3). The net weight gain was significantly (P<0.05) higher in Feeding frequency 2 (1.39±0.21), followed by Feeding frequency 3 (0.87±0.15) and Feeding frequency 1 (0.40±0.05). The growth performance and specific growth rate were significantly (P<0.05) higher in Feeding frequency 2. The carcass composition was similar in all the treatments. Hence, feeding twice was optimum for O. pabda fry.
Ompok pabda, Feeding frequency, Growth, Feed conversion ratio
