Final body weight (BW) and total weight gain (WG) were lowest for the cassava leaf meal diet (Pb0.05),
whilst there were no differences in BW and WG between the other diets. Final BW, WG and daily weight gain
were numerically highest for the shrimp head meal diet. Fish survival rate, feed intake, feed utilisation and
fish fillet proportion did not differ between the reference diet and the test diets (P>0.05). The viscerasomatic,
hepato-somatic, kidney and intra-peritoneal fat indices differed between treatments (Pb0.05).
The results suggest that fish meal protein in feed for striped catfish fingerlings can be replaced with protein
from locally available plant and animal ingredients without compromising growth performance, feed
utilisation and carcass traits.