ABSTRACT
This chapter determines fish species combinations that would result in optimum production levels in integrated broiler raising systems. It evaluates the production potential of fish in integrated poultry-fish systems using high yielding varieties of broilers, and identifies which fish species combination would result in optimum production levels. The chapter assesses the viability and economic feasibility of integrating poultry raising with fish culture and identifies the benefits that could accrue from such integration. It reveals that in an integrated system, polyculture of Asian carps can result in higher production levels and benefits than could be achieved with a culture of O. niloticus and C. mrigala. The poultry birds presently being raised by farmers are of the scavenging type, a type which gives very low yields, and the government is encouraging the use of high yielding varieties of hybrid broilers such as Shaver starbo-1 5.
