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Floc meal as potential substitute for soybean meal in tilapia diets under biofloc system conditions

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This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of replacing soybean meal (SBM) by low protein floc meal (LPFM; 24% CP) in tilapia diets on growth performance, feed utilization and fish chemical composition. Three isonitrogenous and isocaloric diets were formulated; control diet (C; without LPFM), FM 25 (25% of SBM protein was substituted by LPFM) and FM 50 (50% of SBM protein was substituted by LPFM). Nine 55l circular plastic tanks were stocked by 12 fish to form three experimental groups. No differences in tilapia performance were observed between the control and the FM 25 diet. Chemical composition of fish did not differ significantly among treatments except for protein and selenium contents where the highest values were recorded in the control treatment. The highest mineral content was recorded in floc collected from the control tanks, while calcium content showed its highest value in floc collected from FM 50 effluent. These data indicate that replacing soybean meal with LPFM up to 25%, had no negative effect on growth performance and potentially may improve the system sustainability. Meanwhile, the adverse effect of more inclusion of LPFM in tilapia diet may be attributed to the higher content of ash. In other word, minerals seem to cause more energy utilization in fish fed floc meal since it is needed to maintain osmotic homeostasis.

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  1. Fish Nutrition Laboratory (FNL), Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613, Giza, Egypt

    Rania S. Mabroke, Osama M. El-Husseiny, Abd El-Naem F. A. Zidan & Ashraf Suloma

  2. Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Fish Resources, Suez University, Suez, Egypt

    Al-Azab Tahoun

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Supported by the Science & Technology Development Fund (STDF) in Egypt under title of “Development of biofloc technology for high intensive and organic production of tilapia, mullet and freshwater shrimp under desert conditions” (No. 5671)

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Mabroke, R.S., El-Husseiny, O.M., Zidan, A.EN.F.A. et al. Floc meal as potential substitute for soybean meal in tilapia diets under biofloc system conditions. J. Ocean. Limnol. 37, 313–320 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-019-7222-1

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