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P.C. Sakthivel, A.D. Mercy and T.V.Viswanathan. (2005). Tamilnadu Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. 1 : 15-21.
Abstract:
Two experiments were conducted to assess the effect of incorporating dried cuttle fish waste silage in the diets of White Pekin broiler ducks. In experiment I, dried fish was replaced by dried cuttle fish waste silage at 0 and 100 per cent levels in isocaloric and isonitrogenous starter and finisher diets, while in experiment II, dried cuttle fish waste silage replaced dried fish at 0,50 and 100 per cent levels. Body weight, feed efficiency, average daily gain and feed intake were not significantly affected by the inclusion of dried cuttle fish waste silage up to six weeks of age in both experiments. At eighth week of the first experiment, body weight gain was significantly lower (P<0.01) in cuttle fish waster silage fed group but there was no difference between the groups in the second experiment. The feed cost / kg gain was lower in treatment groups compared to that of the control in both the experiments. Thus it could be concluded that cuttle fish waste silage can be used economically to substitute dried fish on protein basis in the diet of ducks without affecting growth rate or feed efficiency.