Bacterial Flora of Cultured Catfish Fed with Poultry Hatchery Waste from Selected Farms in Ibadan

摘要

Hatchery waste comprises empty shells.infertile eggs,dead embryos,late hatchings,dead chickens,a viscows liquid from eggs and decaying tissue which is used as a cheap fish feed by some farmers.From these animal based feedstuffs,there is a possibility of hazard arising from the presence of viable and contaminating microorganisms.Microbial quality of poultry hatchery wastes from three selected commercial poultry hatchery units and catfish (Clarias gariepinus)fed hatchery waste obtained from five purposively selected aquaculture farms in three local government areas in Ibadan Southwest Nigeria were studied using standard microbiological methods.The result obtained were subjected to statistical analysis.