REPLACING SOYBEAN MEAL IN CATFISH DIETS

What is it about?

Soybean meal has been the main protein source for catfish feeds, but it is often more expensive than other plant protein sources. We have shown that soybean meal may be completely replaced by combinations of cottonseed meal and one or two other alternative protein sources including corn distillers dried grains with solubles, peanut meal, and porcine meat and bone meal in the diet without markedly affecting fish performance.

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Why is it important?

Our results show that these alternative diets may be used for pond-raised catfish during food fish production especially at times when soybean meal price is too high to reduce feed cost. The findings provide more flexibility in formulating cost-effective catfish feeds.