Growth performance of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) juvenile fed cattle hoof meal reference and test diets

Cattle hoof meal was processed by autoclaving, fermentation, wood ash soda treatment and rawunprocessed hoof. This studied on Clarias gariepinus juveniles 14.22±0.23g stocked at 15 fish per tank in replicate. Treated samples were used compounding six isonitrogenous diets of a reference diet 70%: test 30% fed 3% body weight. Significant difference (P<0.05) observed among dietary treatments. Weight gain, specific growth rate feed conversion ratio percentage weight gain enhanced followed raw while treated showed the least response growth. Fish carcass quality with over other diets. Utilization can be enhancing C. gariepinus.Keywords: Cattle-hoof-meal; Fishmeal; haematology; keratin.