Milheto: (Penissetum americanum) como substituto do milho (Zea mays) na alimentação do tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum)

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1997

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Instituto de Pesca

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Pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum) is an annual summer forage that grows in India and some African countries, used for human and animal feeding. It has a high nutritive value and is employed for grain production or forage. Because of its physiologic characteristics, pearl millet is adapted to the soil and climate conditions of Brazilian Cerrado regions. The present research was carried out at the "Setor de Piscicultura da Universidade Federal de Goiá s" , aiming to evalu­ ate "tambaqui" (Colossoma macropomum) production performance after feeding diets containing increasing leveis of substitution of corn meal by pearl millet grain meal. Two hundred and fourty juvenile "tambaquis" (29.03 ± 3.96 g) were ran­ domly distributed among 12 ponds and fed for 189 days, at 8 to 3 % live weight, with one of 4 experimental diets , with increasing leveis of sub­stitution of corn meal by pearl millet grain meal (O, 20, 40, e 60 %) and with tree replications for each treatment. It was not reported significant differences (F-test, P>0.05) between the diets, on the parameters of production performance analyzed, and related to the different diets used, corn or pearl millet grain. lt was possible to conclude that in these conditions the pearl millet can be included in the diet until the higher level tested. It is recommended subsequent researches to test higher inclusions and for longer periods .

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Milheto, Tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum, Nutrição, Alimentação, Pearl millet, Nutrition, Alimentation

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SILVA, Paulo César; FRANÇA, Aldi Fernandes de Souza; PADUA, Delma Machado Cantisani; JACOB, Galba. Milheto: (Penissetum americanum) como substituto do milho (Zea mays) na alimentação do tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, São Paulo, v. 24, n. esp, p. 125-131, 1997.