The objective was to evaluate the effect of the sex and the use of four commercial extruded foods (R1, R2, R3, and R4) and a pelleted food (R5) on the carcass yield and the by-product utilization of the bullfrog culture, after 56 days of experimentation. The commercial foods were recommended to different species or phases of growth: R1 = for frogs in the initial phase; R2 = for omnivorous fish in the initial phase; R3 = for trout (carnivorous fish) in phase of growth; and R4 = for trout in initial phase. The chemical composition (DM, CP, EE, CF and MM) was analyzed. Eighty bullfrogs with initial weight average of 51.57g were distributed in a completely randomized blocks design in factorial scheme (five foods X two sexes) with eight replicates of one animal for experimental unit. There was no significant interaction among the factors for all analyzed parameters. The lowest carcass yield was observed in animals fed with R3 food, and the others had the same. In the by-product exploitation, the R1 food provided the greater weight of liver and discarding, and R4 food, provided bigger weight of liver and fat body. The sex of the animal was only influenced in the exploitation of discarding, and the males had provided greater averages.
alometrics indexes; food; frog culture; Rana catesbeiana
