The aim of the work was to evaluate the effect of different protein and lipid sources of animal and vegetable origin on the reproductive performance of black catfish Rhamdia quelen females. Three experiments were accomplished with duration of 90 days each, divided in three phases: Phase I, Reproducers feeding; phase II, Induced reproduction and eggs and larvae incubation; phase III, Larvae culture. Fifteen females of black catfish (around 700g) were used for experiments 1 and 2, and 500g for experiment 3. The females were distributed in three net cages of 1m³, 5 fish (4 females for induction and 1 for oocyte collection). The fish were fed for ten weeks using three diets as treatments: experiment 1, meat and bone meal and soybean meal (CS), fish meal and soybean meal (PS) and yeast and soybean meal (LS); For experiment 2, the effect of substitution of the meat and bone meal for the soybean meal in increasing levels was evaluated (0%, 35%, 70%), that were treatments CS 0, CS 35 and CS 70; In experiment 3, pork fat (BP), sunflower oil (OG) and Canola oil (OC). After induced spawning, samples of ten eggs were collected at the moment of the fishes spawning, at 3, 9, 12, 18 and 24 hours. Also samples of ten larvae were collected, at the moment of the eclosion, at 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours. Three samples of larvae of each incubator in the density of 30 larvae/l, were collected and fed during 14 days. Changeable zoogenic were esteem for phases I and III and reproductive for phase II. In experiment 1, females fed with the diet of treatment LS, had shown minor profit in weight, the eggs had equally minor weight. For the embryonic evelopment treatments, CS and PS were superior to treatment LS in the variable (DSV). In the larval development in the incubators, treatment CS showed better performance for the variable (CT). For the experiment 2, females fed with diets CS 70, had not answered the spawning of fishes. The embryonic development, larval vitelline and larvae were superior in treatment CS 0 for the variable (DO and AO), (CT and AT), (CT, CP, Area, SOB) respectively. In experiment 3, the larvae development in the incubators, treatment BP was minor that treatment OG in the variable (CT), equally treatment BP was minor that treatments OG and OC for the variable (DSV). For the larval development until the 14 days treatment OC was greater that treatment BP for the variable (CT and CP). We can conclude that the use of Meat and Bone meal and Soybean meal as protein sources are presented as good option in the feeding of reproductive females of black catfish. The pork fat is so good as sunflower and canola oils as lipid sources for reproductive females and they provide good development of the embryo and jundiá s larvae / No trabalho avaliou-se o efeito de diferentes fontes protéicas e lipídicas de origem animal e vegetal sobre o desempenho reprodutivo de fêmeas de jundiá Rhamdia quelen. Foram realizados três experimentos, de 90 dias cada, divididos em três fases: fase I, Alimentação de reprodutores; fase II, Reprodução induzida e incubação de ovos e larvas; fase III, Larvicultura. Foram utilizadas 15 fêmeas de jundiá com peso aproximado de 700g para os experimentos 1 e 2, e 500g para o experimento 3. As fêmeas foram distribuídas em três tanques-rede de 1m³, sendo 5 peixes por tanque rede (4 fêmeas para indução e 1 para coleta de ovócitos) e alimentadas durante dez semanas com três dietas experimentais. No experimento 1 testaram-se Farinha de Carne e Ossos e Farelo de Soja (CS), Farinha de Peixe e Farelo de Soja (PS) e Levedura de Cana e Farelo de Soja (LS). No experimento 2, avaliou-se o efeito de substituição da Farinha de Carne e Ossos pelo Farelo de Soja na ração CS do experimento 1 em níveis crescentes, sendo os tratamentos CS 0, CS 35 e CS 70. No experimento 3, testaram-se a Banha de Porco (BP), Óleo de Girassol (OG) e Óleo de Canola (OC) como fontes de lipídios. Após desova, foram coletadas amostras de dez ovos, às 0, 3, 9, 12, 18 e 24 horas. Após a eclosão foram coletadas amostras de dez larvas às 0, 12, 24, 36 e 48 horas e medidas, e três amostras de larvas de cada incubadora foram alimentadas durante 14 dias. Foram estimadas variáveis zootécnicas para as fases I e III e reprodutivas para fase II. No experimento 1, as fêmeas do tratamento LS, mostraram menor ganho em peso, igualmente os ovos tiveram menor peso. Para o desenvolvimento embrionário os tratamentos CS e PS foram superiores ao tratamento LS na variável Diâmetro do Saco Vitelino (DSV). No desenvolvimento larval nas incubadoras, o tratamento CS mostrou melhor desempenho para Comprimento Total (CT). No experimento 2, as fêmeas alimentadas com dieta CS 70, não responderam a desova. O desenvolvimento embrionário, larval vitelino e larval foi superior no tratamento CS 0 para as variáveis (DO e AO), (CT e AT), (CT, CP, Área, SOB), respectivamente. No experimento 3, no desenvolvimento das larvas nas incubadoras, o tratamento BP foi menor que o tratamento OG na variável (CT), e igualmente o tratamento BP foi menor que os tratamentos OG e OC para a variável (DSV). Para o desenvolvimento larval até os 14 dias o tratamento OC foi maior que o tratamento BP para as variáveis (CT e CP). Conclui-se que a farinha de carne e ossos e farelo de soja (até 60% de inclusão) são boas fontes protéicas para fêmeas reprodutoras de jundiá. A banha de porco é tão eficiente quanto óleo de girassol e canola como fontes lipídicas para fêmeas reprodutoras e proporcionam bom desenvolvimento embrionário e das larvas de jundiá

One of the major problems facing aquaculture in Ghana is the non-availability of quality and affordable fish feeds. The present study investigated the nutritional suitability and cost-effectiveness of some Ghanaian oilseed by-products, soybean meal (Glycine spp), cottonseed meal (Gossypium spp), groundnut cake (Arachis hypogaea L.) and groundnut husk, as alternative protein sources to fishmeal (FM) in the diet of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.). The oilseed meals were used individually, as mixtures, as mixtures enriched with methionine and mixtures detoxified by heat processing (autoclaving) and/or addition of supplements (viz. phytase and ferrous sulphate) intended to reduce levels of the most important antinutritional factors (ANFs). Diets, containing the oilseed meals at inclusion levels from 25% to 75% dietary protein, were formulated to be isonitrogenous (320 g.kg-1), isolipidic (100 g.kg-1) and isoenergetic (18 KJ.g-1) and fed to juvenile Nile tilapia at 4-10% of their body weight for a period of eight weeks. Proximate analysis showed that soybean meal (SBM), cottonseed meal (CSM), groundnut cake (GNC) and groundnut husk (GNH) had 500.3, 441.4, 430.5 and 205.6 g.kg-1 crude protein, 38.2, 89.5, 12.8 and 89.2 g.kg-1 crude fibre and 20.19, 19.61, 23.17 and 22.18 kJ.g-1 gross energy respectively. Generally the oilseed meals had good essential amino acid (EAA) profiles with the exception of GNH. The EAA profile of SBM compared very well with FM but methionine and threonine were low (0.73 and 1.50 % of protein respectively) and the same was true for CSM and GNC with even lower levels. Analyzed ANFs in SBM, CSM, GNC and GNH were 17.54, 31.64, 14.86 and 3.99 g.kg-1 phytic acid, 14.09, 1.24 and 2.34 g.kg-1 trypsin inhibitors and 5.80, 6.50, 8.01 and 10.08 g.kg-1 saponin respectively and in CSM 5.6 g.kg-1 gossypol. Nutrient digestibility of these oilseed proteins suggested that Nile tilapia may be able to utilize SBM, CSM and GNC efficiently as dietary protein sources due to high apparent protein digestibility of 94.50%, 84.93% and 90.01% respectively. However, GNH may not be suitable because of very low apparent protein digestibility (27.67%). These protein sources when used individually were shown to cause depressed growth and feed efficiency when substituting more than 50% of the FM protein in diets. This may be attributed to high levels of ANFs, high fibre content and poor EAA profile. However, the use of mixtures of these meals was found to be marginally more effective than that of single sources. This may have been as a result of lower levels of ANFs and improvement in essential amino acid profile due to mixing. Supplementing the mixtures with methionine led to improvement in feed utilization but without significantly improving the nutritive value compared with FM. Heat processing was effective in reducing heat labile trypsin inhibitors in SBM, CSM and GNC by almost 80%, but not phytic acid and saponins, which remained virtually unaffected. Use of meals detoxified by heat processing with/without supplements at 50% inclusion improved growth and feed utilization compared to the unprocessed meals and performance was generally not significantly different from FM. Cost effectiveness analysis revealed that diets containing single feedstuffs or mixtures, particularly those containing equal proportions of oilseed meals and higher proportion of CSM replacing between 50% - 75% FM protein, were more profitable than FM diet. Similarly, the use of heat processed meals at 50% replacement of FM protein yielded greater profit than all other diets including the FM diet. However, essential amino acid supplementation of the meals was less profitable compared to the control. Generally, fish fed diets with oilseed meals would take longer to attain harvest size compared with FM and this could lead to an increase in production costs or a decrease in the number of production cycles which could be achieved within a year. It can be concluded that there is nutritional and economic justification for using SBM, CSM and GNC as partial replacement for FM in diets of Nile tilapia. Based on growth performance, nutrient utilization and economic benefits the diet with heat processed oilseed meal mixtures (containing equal proportions of 16.67% each) at 50% inclusion has the best prospects for replacing FM protein in diets of O. niloticus.

Syftet med studien är att genom sensoriska analyser sammanställa ett doft- och smakbibliotek för hampfrö-presskaka, gula mjölmasklarver, texturerad veteprotein, ärtproteinisolat och ärtprotein koncentrat. Metoderna pilotstudie, konsensustest och in-house intensitetstest används i studieprocessen. Pilotstudiens syfte är att få en ökad förståelse för produkternas doft och smak. Konsensustestet är en central punkt för uppbyggnaden av doft- och smakbiblioteket, eftersom övervägande attribut som genererats under testet används till produktbeskrivningen i doft- och smakbiblioteket. Inhouse intensitetstestet avsikt är verifiera attributgenereringens validitet från konsensustestet. Resultatet från pilotstudien bidrar med referenser till konsensustestet. Det finns även gemensamma egenskapsord för produkternas doft- och smak i pilotstudien och i konsensustestet. Resultatet från konsensustestet visar att det är svårt att särskilja smak från munkänsla, där till exempel olja kan fastställas som en smak från hampfrö-presskaka. Resultatet från inhouse intensitetstestet har ett större bortfall, vilket gör det svårt att fastställa attributen på grund av differentialen i minimum- och maximum värdet. Attribut som gav en beskrivande text till biblioteket visar att hampfrö-presskaka har en doft av gräs och tång där smak påminner om doft. Ärtproteinisolat doftar framför allt spannmål och smaken påminner om frön och majs. Gula mjölmasklarver doftar cerealier och valnötter, där smaken utgår från grundsmaken umami. Texturerad veteprotein har en doft som kan härledas till rostade vetepuffar och havregryn, där smak påminner om doft. Sista produkten ärtprotein koncentrat, har en doft av ärtskott och en besk smak. / The purpose of the study is to construct a fragrance- and flavour library for sensory analyses for hemp seed press cake, yellow mealworms, textured wheat protein, pea protein isolate and pea protein concentrate. The methods pilot study, consensus test and inhouse intensity test are used to be able to execute the study. The purpose of the pilot study is to gain an increased understanding of the fragrance- and flavour of the pre-products. The consensus test is a central point for the structure of the fragrance- and flavour library, since predominant attributes generated during the test are used for the product description in the fragrance- and flavour library. The purpose of the inhouse intensity test is to verify the validity of the attribute generation from the consensus test. The results from the pilot study contribute with references to the consensus test. There are also common attributes for the products' fragrance- and flavour in the pilot study and in the consensus test. The results from the consensus test show that it is difficult to distinguish between taste and mouthfeel. For example, can oil from hemp seed press cake be determined as a flavour. The result from the inhouse intensity test has a large statistical error, which makes it difficult to determine the attributes due to the differential in the minimum- and maximum value. Attributes that gave a descriptive text to the library show that hemp seed press cake has a scent of grass and seaweed where the taste is reminiscent of the scent. Pea protein isolate mainly smells of grain, the taste is reminiscent of seeds and corn. Yellow mealworms smell like cereals and walnuts where the taste is based on the basic taste umami. Textured wheat protein has a scent that can remind of roasted wheat puffs and oatmeal, where the taste is reminiscent of the scent. The last product is pea protein concentrate, which has a scent of pea shoots, and the taste is bitter.

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