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: Received: 4 December 2023 / Approved: 4 December 2023 / Online: 4 December 2023 (17:31:43 CET)
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Karssa, T.; Sodeno, M.; Workagen, K.; Pavanasam, N.; Gada, T. Application of Probiotics in Aquaculture to Improve Growth and Health Performances of Nile tilapia. Preprints2023, 2023120227. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0227.v1
Karssa, T.; Sodeno, M.; Workagen, K.; Pavanasam, N.; Gada, T. Application of Probiotics in Aquaculture to Improve Growth and Health Performances of Nile tilapia. Preprints 2023, 2023120227. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0227.v1
Karssa, T.; Sodeno, M.; Workagen, K.; Pavanasam, N.; Gada, T. Application of Probiotics in Aquaculture to Improve Growth and Health Performances of Nile tilapia. Preprints2023, 2023120227. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0227.v1
APA Style
Karssa, T., Sodeno, M., Workagen, K., Pavanasam, N., & Gada, T. (2023). Application of Probiotics in Aquaculture to Improve Growth and Health Performances of Nile tilapia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0227.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Karssa, T., Natarajan Pavanasam and Tesfaye Gada. 2023 "Application of Probiotics in Aquaculture to Improve Growth and Health Performances of Nile tilapia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0227.v1
Abstract
This research was aimed to apply probiotics in aquaculture to improve fish health and growth performances of Nile tilapia. Fingerlings with a mean initial body weight of 11.43±1.27 and mean initial body length of 6.2±0.84 were stocked in 12 happas. Fish were fed four times daily with four different diets having 30% crude protein at 5% of their body weight and reared for two months. The four diets were control diet, diets treated with Saccharomyces cervisiae, Lactobacillus fermentum and their combinations at a dosage of (1.5×108CFU/ml). Growth performance and gut pathogenic microbial of fish were investigated. Accordingly results indicated that the highest performance interims of body weight gain (33.43±1.65g), daily growth rate (0.51±0.05g), feed conversion ratio (1.89±0.10), and protein efficiency ratio (1.78±0.09) was achieved in fish fed with L. fermentum whereas, the lowest performance (19.83±2.23, 0.33±0.04, 3.52±0.39, and 0.97±0.11) respectively was achieved in fish fed with control diet. Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli and, Proteus were detected in gut of fish. In conclusion, the present study confirmed that Nile tilapia fed with probiotics Lac-tobacillus fermentum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae based diets improved growth and health of Nile tilapia reared under pond culture condition.
Keywords
Aquaculture; gut micro flora; health; Nile tilapia; probiotics
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Food Science and Technology
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