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The potential of hydrolyzed chicken feather meal as a partial replacement for fish meal and its effects on the growth and health status of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fingerlings

Title
The potential of hydrolyzed chicken feather meal as a partial replacement for fish meal and its effects on the growth and health status of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fingerlings
Creator
Rashid, Nik Nur Akmal Aliah Abdul; Abdul Kari, Zulhisyam; Kallem, Parashuram; Sukri, Suniza Anis Mohamad; Al-Amsyar, Syed Muhammad; Hamid, Noor Khalidah Abdul; Kabir, Muhammad Anamul; Eissa, El-Sayed Hemdan; Khoo, Martina Irwan; Velayudhannair, Krishnakumar; Guru, Ajay
Description
The application of agricultural by-products as alternative feed has received tremendous interest from the aquaculture industry. The current study explored the potential of hydrolyzed chicken feather meal (CFM) at different percentages as fish meal (FM) replacement and the impacts on growth, feed stability, apparent protein digestibility, digestive enzyme, body amino acid profiling, body proximate analysis, hematology, and morphology of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fingerlings. Five isonitrogenous (32% crude protein) CFM diets were prepared [0% CFM (T1), 5% CFM (T2), 15% CFM (T3), and 30% CFM (T4)] and applied in a 70-day feeding trial. At the end of the experiment, fingerlings fed with the T2 diet exhibited the best final length, final weight, net weight gain, weight gain, specific growth rate, intraperitoneal fat, and condition factor than other treatment groups. Furthermore, the highest digestive enzyme activity and apparent protein digestibility (APD) were highest in the T2 diet. There were significant differences between the groups in the liver, muscle, and intestine amino acid profiles and proximate analysis. Moreover, the T2 group recorded the best villus length, width, and crypt depth in the anterior and posterior regions. The highest white blood cells, lymphocytosis, monocytes, red blood cells, hemoglobin, and hematocrit were also found in the T2 diet group. Meanwhile, albumin, globulin, and creatine levels were the lowest in the T4 diet group. Notably, fingerlings supplemented with the highest CFM percentage demonstrated the highest morphological deterioration in the liver and intestine. In conclusion, 5% CFM is a promising FM replacement to improve the growth, apparent protein digestibility, digestive enzyme, liver and intestine histology, and blood indices of African catfish fingerlings. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
Source
Aquaculture International;Volume;33;Issue;3;Article No.;167;
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Subject
African catfish; Fish meal; Growth; Health; Hydrolyzed chicken feather meal; Sustainability aquaculture
Coverage
Rashid N.N.A..A., Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, 17600, Malaysia; Abdul Kari Z., Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, 17600, Malaysia, Advanced Livestock and Aquaculture Research Group, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, 17600, Malaysia; Kallem P., Department of Environmental and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, P.O. Box 59911, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Sukri S.A.M., Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, 17600, Malaysia, Advanced Livestock and Aquaculture Research Group, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, 17600, Malaysia; Al-Amsyar S.M., Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, 17600, Malaysia, Advanced Livestock and Aquaculture Research Group, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, 17600, Malaysia; Hamid N.K.A., School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Minden, 11800, Malaysia; Kabir M.A., Advanced Livestock and Aquaculture Research Group, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, 17600, Malaysia, Department of Aquaculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh; Eissa E.-S.H., Fish Research Centre, Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, Arish University, El-Arish, Egypt; Khoo M.I., Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kota Bharu, 16150, Malaysia; Velayudhannair K., Department of Life Sciences, Christ University, Hosur Road, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Guru A., Department of Cariology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, 600077, India
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISSN: 9676120;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Article

Citation

Rashid, Nik Nur Akmal Aliah Abdul; Abdul Kari, Zulhisyam; Kallem, Parashuram; Sukri, Suniza Anis Mohamad; Al-Amsyar, Syed Muhammad; Hamid, Noor Khalidah Abdul; Kabir, Muhammad Anamul; Eissa, El-Sayed Hemdan; Khoo, Martina Irwan; Velayudhannair, Krishnakumar; Guru, Ajay, “The potential of hydrolyzed chicken feather meal as a partial replacement for fish meal and its effects on the growth and health status of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fingerlings,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 19, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/21871.

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