Non-conventional Feed Ingredients for Aquaculture with Special Reference to Palm Kernel Meal- A Review

By : Sangavi S. , C. Judith Betsy

Page No: 27-39

Abstract
Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector, which fulfills half of the animal protein requirement of the world population. To meet the future protein requirement, development of formulated nutritious feed from non-conventional feed ingredients is the need of the hour. The use of formulated commercial feed in the aqua-farm accounts for about 50-60% of the total operational cost. Therefore, use of non-conventional feed ingredients is necessary to optimize the feed cost. In the recent years, agro-industry by-products derived from the agricultural crops are widely used as a feed ingredient in the formulation of aqua-feeds. One of these agro-industrial wastes is the oil palm kernel meal/ cake extracted from the oil palm industry. It is well established for ruminants as a feed ingredient. Due to its nutritional value, low cost and availability in the tropical countries, in recent times it is gaining momentum in aquaculture sector as a non-conventional feed ingredient in the fish diets which will be reviewed in this article.

Authors :
Sangavi S.
ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai.

C. Judith Betsy
Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College & Research Institute, Tamil Nadu, Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Tuticorin, India.
 

DOI: http://doi.org/10.32381/JAT.2020.35.1-4.3