Comparative Studies of Nutrient Composition of Wild Caught and Pond Reared African Catfish, Clarias Gariepinus

Proximate composition of wild caught catfish sample from oguta lake and pond reared catfish (clariasgariepinusBurchell, 1822) were studied between October 2014 and November 2015. The comparative work was carried out to find out if habitat could affect the nutrient composition of the fish. Standard method was employed in the analysis of body nutrient. From the result of this study, there were significant difference between the protein content of wild clariasgariepinus and that of pond reared clariasgariepinus (P<0.05) from the pond raised catfish percentage crude protein was 60 1.30 and for the wild clariasgariepinuscrudeprotein percentage was 61 1.20. Also, for the pond reared clariasgariepinus the percentage fat was 21 1.31 Ash 1.62 0.25, dry matter 5.40 4.49, percentage crude fiber 0.2 20.23 and energy 472.65 5.39, for the wild reared clariasgariepinus percentage fat was 27.23 5.47, percentage Ash 1.47 0.82, dry matter4. 75 0.89, percentage crude fiber 1.04 0.63 and energy 527.56 72.1. (P>0.05) There was significant difference between C. gariepinus raised in the pond and the one from wild caught for all the nutrients analyzed. This indicates that wild reared clariasgariepinus accumulates more crude protein, fat, ash, dry matter, crude fiber and Energy than pond raised clariasgariepinus. Wild caught catfish is also recommended for post-operation patients as it is a good healing agent.