Formulation of Fish Feed with Multiple Ingredients using a Software Tool Developed in Java

By : Pinaki Chakraborty , Tuhina Singh , Jaigopal Sharma , Rina Chakraborty Anthony

Page No: 149-165

Abstract
A software tool named Interactive Fish Feed Designer (IFFD) has been developed using Java programming language for the formulation of fish feed. IFFD allows formulating fish feed with desirable protein and lipid levels using multiple ingredients. In the first step, ingredients are selected from a list. Then the ratio of the ingredients is adjusted to maintain the percentage of protein and lipid in the feed; finally, the quantity of the total feed is specified. IFFD generates a report that may be printed and referred later. Six plant-based pelleted feeds are designed using this software. The feeds are prepared with the Twin-screw Extruder. The protein and lipid contents of feeds varied from 26.90 - 38.61 and 10.31 - 12.63%, respectively. The software is interactive and user-friendly. The calculation is automatic; results are precise and clearly visualized.

Authors :
Pinaki Chakraborty
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi 110078, India.

Tuhina Singh
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi 110078, India.

Jaigopal Sharma
Department of Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University, Delhi 110042, India.

Rina Chakraborty Anthony
Aqua Research Lab, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
 

DOI: http://doi.org/10.32381/JAT.2020.35.1-4.14