The role of chicken manure in the production of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)

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Author(s):
C.F. Knud-Hansen; T.R. Batterson; C.D. McNabb

Type of Document:
Scholarly Article

 

Publisher/Journal:
Aquaculture and Fisheries Management

Date of Publication:
1993

Place of Publication:
Not Available

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Abstract: Two grow-out experiments were conducted to evaluate the functional role of chicken manure for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), production in central Thailand. Experiment 1 examined the relationship between chicken manure input and net fish yield (NFY). Experiment 2 determined the value of chicken manure in providing tilapia particulate organic carbon, and/or dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) for stimulating algal productivity. In both experiments supplemental urea and triple superphosphate (TSP) gave all treatments total nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs of 28.0 kg/ha/week and 7.0 kg/ha/week, respectively.

Addition of chicken manure to inorganic fertilization did not enhance production of Nile tilapia. NFY in experiment 1 increased with decreasing manure loading, which corresponded to increasing TSP input. Regression analysis suggested that chicken manure-P was about 10% effective as TSP-P at increasing NFY. NFY was linearly correlated to net primary productivity (r2 = 0.62, P<0.001), which was linearly correlated to total alkalinity (r2 = 0.77, P<0.001). Treatment differences in alkalinity, community respiration or dissolved oxygen concentrations at dawn were not related to manure input. Simple economic comparisons discourage the purchase of chicken manure as a source of soluble N and P for increasing algal productivity in Thailand.

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