GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF Cyprinus carpio FINGERLINGS FED WITH VARYING LEVELS OF GRASSHOPPER MEAL

This study was conducted to determine the growth performance of Cyprinus carpio fed with varying levels of grasshopper meal, Graded levels of grasshopper meal (0% 5% 10% 15% and 20% of the total diet) were supplied in the experimental diets. Six hundred thirty five (635) fingerlings of Cyprinus carpio were weighed and uniformly distributed to these dietary (T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5).

Each treatment had one hundred and twenty seven (127) fingerlings of Cyprinus carpio. The growth parameter measured were average weekly growth rate, percentage weight gain, feed conversion ratio, percentage survival and feed intake. The experiment lasted for thirty two (32) weeks. In all parameters, the fishes fed with grasshopper meal (diet) showed no significant difference from those fed with the control diet which had no grasshopper meal in it. The fish fed diet with different levels of grasshopper meal also showed similar values of the growth parameters regardless of the dietary inclusion level.