Table 11. Advantages and
disadvantages of farm-made feeds in carp culture |
Farm-made
feed |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
Moisture (% max) |
Dry |
Pellets may be made by hand with a meat mincer |
Starches not cooked and not well |
Dry pellet (10%) |
and then sun-dried;
vitamins preserved. Feeds� |
digestible. Low water stability. |
Moist |
available on site. Easy to make. Utilize local waste� |
Shorter storage period; low FCR; |
Moist diet (30%) |
products. Dry feeds last
longer than moist feed |
large surface required for drying. |
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Moist feeds can not be stored� |
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and need to be used� |
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immediately |
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