Mekonnen Melesse

Department of Zoological Sciences, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Publications

• Review Article   
  Dietary strategies for better production of African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in aquaculture: A review
  Author(s): Mekonnen Melesse*
  
  African catfish is one of the cultured fish species in Africa, as well as tropical countries, due to its high meat quantity and quality, fast growth performance, high resistance to poor water quality, ability to be cultured in a high stocking density and suitability for intensive culture system. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to review on dietary strategies employed for better production of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) that may contribute in giving updated dietary information, further investigation and enhance production of African catfish. African catfish has different feed ability based on the size of the fish. They are many factors affecting the production and productivity of the species in different size level. Larval stage has no fully developed digestive system then by the effort of the researchers direction was indicated graduall.. View More»
  

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