EFFECTS OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS LEVELS OF SELMOS AS A FEED ADDITIVE ON GROWTH PERFORMANCES AND FEED UTILIZATION IN COMMON CARP, CYPRINUS CARPIO
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K. SITHARA
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S. GHAYATHRI
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K. KAMALAVENI
Abstract
A feeding experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of upplementary diet with selenium based feed additive selmos on growth and feed utilization in common carp, Cyprinus carpio. Five groups of fishes were given a basal diet (control) and supplemented diet with selmos in different concentrations such as 1g/kg (T1), 2g/kg (T2), 3g/kg (T3) and 4g/kg (T4) for 70 days. Fish grew an average weight of 8.51g at a high inclusion level of selmos. Result showed that growth performance of carp was significantly (P<0.05) increased at the higher dietary selmos diet. It is recommended that 4g/kg of selmos is the best supplemented dosage and this additive can be easily blended with common fish feed so as to exert an excellent effect in promoting the growth of fishes.
Keywords : Selmos, Cyprinus carpio, growth performance, feed utilization, supplementary diet
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