DIETARY EFFECTS OF PARQUETINA NIGRESCENS INCLUSION ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND HAEMATOLOGY OF AFRICAN CATFISH (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS)
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https://doi.org/10.36547/sjas.1047Keywords:
African catfish; Parquetina nigrescen;, blood parameter;, growth performance; haematologyAbstract
The continuous rise in cost of fish feed in the sub-Sahara Africa necessitates the need to look inward for cheaper and viable alternative feed ingredients. A nutritional study of Parquetina nigrescens leaf meal was undertaken to determine their effect on growth performance, physiology and health of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). One hundred and fifty (150) juvenile African catfish were randomly selected, divided into 5 dietary treatments and stocked at 10 juveniles per tank (120litres) and with three replicates each. Five experimental diets were formulated with 0g (T1), 0.02g (T2), 0.03g (T3), 0.04g (T4) and 0.05g (T5) per 100g of dietary inclusion of P. nigrescens leaf meal (PNLM) respectively. The fish were fed on experimental diet to satiation twice daily for 12 weeks. At the end of the feeding trials, data collected on growth performance and haematology were subjected to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) using completely randomized design (CRD). Result showed significant effect (p<0.05) of P. nigrescens in final mean weight, feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio of Clarias gariepinus in diet T3. Haematological parameters: Packed Cell Volume (PVC), Red Blood Cell (RBC), Haemaglobin (Hb), Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Mean Corpuscular Haemaglobin (MCH), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC), White Blood Cell (WBC), Lymphocytes and Heterocytes) were also significantly different (p<0.05). Based on these findings, it can be said that the inclusion of P. nigrescens leaf meal (PNLM) at 0.03g as additive is the most suitable for optimum performance of African catfish.
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