Culture and production of Lucilia sericata Meigen (1826) larvae for rearing stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) using poultry waste

Abstract

The fly larvae (Lucilia sericata) are being used as an alternative protein source in any kind of animal feed as it reduces the cost of preparation of feed. This current study focused on the physico-chemical and proximate properties of raw poultry waste, while this study also revealed the production process of fly larvae and the proximate composition of it. The poultry waste was collected from Suvro poultry farm, Sutiakhali, Mymensingh, then the physic-chemical properties of the raw poultry waste were determined using different procedures. Three treatments were considered for production of fly larvae, T1 (3 kg), T2 (6 kg) and T3 (9 kg) in a 15 kg capacity tray with three replications. After production, the proximate composition were also measured of fly larvae. Physico-chemical properties such as, color, odor, texture, temperature, pH, total solids (TSS+TDS), chemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, available N, available P, and fiber in raw poultry waste were determined and presented. Proximate composition such as, moisture, total N, total P, available N, total Ca, ash and crude fiber were found in significant amount in the poultry waste. It was found that T3 (1350±68g) produced highest volume of live maggot compared to the other treatments, but T2 (17.50±1.10%) produced highest percentage volume. The proximate compositions of fly larvae were assessed and found 56.60±0.25% protein value in it, suggesting that fly larvae could be the protein replacer in fish feed. The result of this study revealed cheap protein source in aquaculture production, such as production and rearing of stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis, and the findings might be helpful for cost reduction in aquaculture operation. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. 2022, 8 (4), 216-224

Growth performance of Spirulina platensis in supernatant of digested rotten guava

“…In the present study, three different concentrations of digested rotten guava were used as a media for the culture of Spirulina platensis. The supernatant of 60% digested rotten guava showed maximum optical density compared to KM, which is similar to the findings of Habib et al (1997), Habib et al (2003) and Satter (2017). Furthermore, from the above discussion, the growth performance of Spirulina in supernatant of 60% DRGM was found to be better than the supernatant of 20% and 40% DRGM.…”

“…The native people in Africa have used microalgae as a staple of their daily diet supplement because of its concentrated nutritional aspects. It grows well in supernatant of various digested agro-industrial wastes available in Bangladesh and thus imparted for the commercial culture to inflict the nutritional requirements of the country (Satter, 2017). Spirulina could also be grown in agro-industrial wastes, rotten fruits and chicken wastes.…”