INFLUENCE OF A COMMERCIAL PROBIOTIC ON SOME PERFORMANCE INDICES IN AFRICAN CATFISH (Clarias gariepinus)FINGERLINGSRAISED IN PLASTIC TANKS (original) (raw)

The study was carried out to determine the influence of dietary supplementation of commercial probiotic, Bactofort ® on growth, haematological parameters and survival of Clariasgariepinus fingerlings raised in plastic tanks . The experiment was conducted for two months (61days) at the Fisheries laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Federal University Dutsin-Ma. One hundred and twenty fingerlings of C. gariepinus with average weight of 11.3 g, were weighed and randomly distributed into four treatment groups consisting of twelve plastic tanks as follows: T0, which is the control group with no probiotic inclusion; T1, T2 and T3, representing 1, 2 and 3g of probiotic (Bactofort ® ) supplementation respectively. All treatments were in triplicates. Fish were fed to satiation two times daily, seven days a week (morning 8.00am and evening 5.00pm ). The growth performance (Final Mean Weight, Mean Weight Gain, Percentage Mean Weight Gain, and Specific Growth Rate) and nutrient...