ENANO, Glenn Patrick B. (March 2011)
Philippine Science High School Western Visayas Campus – Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PSHS WVC), Brgy. Bito-on, Jaro, Iloilo City 5000, Philippines
ABSTRACT
The demand for catfish these days are great for its delicious meat and the nutrition it gives to us, and so many people today culture catfish for a living. Clarias Batrachus is the species present here in Iloilo, it is sold in the market in a good price but culturing these catfishes is also expensive leaving the catfish farmer less profit. Fish food is one component on catfish farming; it determines the value of your catfish through its weight in the market and its price that hurts your profit, thus, come the birth of alternative fish food. One of the alternative fish food present here in Iloilo is ground chicken entrails. This study determined which catfish is bigger for market; catfish fed with commercial fish food and fed with ground chicken entrails by the means of their weight, length and head length. Result showed that catfish fed with commercial fish food are significantly bigger than catfish fed with ground chicken entrails in terms of weight length and head length.