Essay On Fish Meal Agar

This new approach can reduce the environmental problems associated with waste fish disposal. The experimental fish meal agar used as laboratory media to promote bacterial growth. Due to this approach experimental fish meal agar will replace other different laboratory agar media efficiently & economically. Peptone is partially hydrolyzed protein. Fish meal is clean, cooked, dried tissue of undecomposed fish. Fish meal contains protein: 55-70%, fats: 15%, mineral: 15%, vitamins, iron, calcium, phosphorous. The percentage of protein is high in fish meal as compare to other sources of protein which are used as peptone in formulation of laboratory media. The price of 500g nutrient agar is 2,222/-(HIMEDIA Laboratories PVT LTD) and the price 500g of experimental fish meal agar is 2000/-. (100ml distilled water + 2.8g experimental fish meal agar). Bacterial growth is more on

It is clean, cooked, dried tissue of undecomposed fish. The species like sardines, mackerels, ribbon fish, silverbelly, sharks and ray form the raw material for fish meal. The big sized fishes are cut into small pieces while the small ones are treated as a whole. The process of manufacture involves the boiling of fish in sufficient water in large pots to extract oil. The cooked mass is then pressed in canvass or coir bags in screw presses to remove water. The resulting cake is then dried in sun.

Waste product of fish are utilized for preparing food for poultry, pigs and cattle. It is particularly useful for chicken and other young animals as it contains amino acids, proteins in a readily digestable state. Fish meal can be stored in air tight sterilized containers for long period. Fish meal is composed of proteins: 55-75%, fats: 2-15%, Minerals: 10-12%. Beside this it also contains small quantities of iron, calcium and phosphorous and traces of vitamins A, D, B, K. It is therefore, a valuable source of food