Table 9 Economic assessment of fermented rice Polishings incorporation in the diets of nile tilapia.
Parameters | Test diets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R0 | R10 | R20 | R30 | R40 | |
Feed cost (USD/kg) | 0.464 | 0.436 | 0.431 | 0.424 | 0.414 |
Feed conversion ratio | 1.33 | 1.28 | 1.24 | 1.29 | 1.31 |
Cost of feed for 1 kg fish (USD/kg weight gain) | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.54 |
Cost reduction of feed per 1 kg fish (USD/kg weight gain) | 0 | 0.028 | 0.033 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
Relative cost reduction of feed per kg fish gain (%) | 0 | 6 | 7.2 | 8.66 | 10.75 |