Integrated fish culture with chickens under desert condition, North Sinai, Egypt
Tawfiq, M., Abdel Nabi, A., Ahmed, M. (2023). Integrated fish culture with chickens under desert condition, North Sinai, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 24(1), 13-22. doi: 10.21608/jades.2023.298675
Mamdouh M.M. Tawfiq M.M. Tawfiq; Al-Sayed O. Abdel Nabi; Mohamed S. Ahmed. "Integrated fish culture with chickens under desert condition, North Sinai, Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 24, 1, 2023, 13-22. doi: 10.21608/jades.2023.298675
Tawfiq, M., Abdel Nabi, A., Ahmed, M. (2023). 'Integrated fish culture with chickens under desert condition, North Sinai, Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 24(1), pp. 13-22. doi: 10.21608/jades.2023.298675
Tawfiq, M., Abdel Nabi, A., Ahmed, M. Integrated fish culture with chickens under desert condition, North Sinai, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2023; 24(1): 13-22. doi: 10.21608/jades.2023.298675

Integrated fish culture with chickens under desert condition, North Sinai, Egypt

Journal of Egyptian Academic Society for Environmental Development. D, Environmental Studies
Volume 24, Issue 1, 2023, Page 13-22  XML PDF (475.54 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jades.2023.298675
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Authors
Mamdouh M.M. Tawfiq M.M. Tawfiq email 1; Al-Sayed O. Abdel Nabi2; Mohamed S. Ahmed3
1Environmental Studies Institute-. Arish University
2Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences- Arish University
3Faculty of Aquaculture and Marine Fisheries- Arish University
Abstract
An experiment in the integrated poultry and fish farming system was conducted during the year 2020. Nile tilapia fish was chosen because it is one of the most important freshwater fish and is widely farmed in many countries of the world. Three treatments were used: Artificial diet 27% crude protein (T1) (the control treatment), 50% artificial feed (T2) and chickens' droppings only (T3). The survival rate of the fish under this system was 90.0%, 85.0% and 75.0% in treatments T1, T2 and T3, respectively. While, the respective average weight of individual fish was 116.5±4.5 g, 77.5±6.3g and 60.8±5.1g. The result of fish production per cubic meter was high, reaching 2.1 kg/m3 for control; 1.5 kg/m3 for T2 and 0.77 kg/m3 for T3. Fish fed on a complete artificial diet (T1) had better growth in terms of weight gain, followed by fish fed on 50% artificial feed and those fed on chicken droppings only. Length-weight relationship with respect to feed with different culture systems were estimated to be W= 0. 0244*TL2.927, W=0.0337*TL2.791 and W=0.0396*TL2.7069 for fish of T1, T2 and T3, respectively. The average Condition coefficient of fish under the single system of production was 2.04. The average Condition coefficient of fish under semi-integrated system and integrated system were 2.01 and 1.94, respectively.
Keywords
Nile tilapia; integrated farming; chicks; feeding treatments; fish production; length-weight relationship; condition factor
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