Effects of Dietary Probiotics Supplementation on Growth and Survival Rate of African Catfish Fingerlings Nursed in Cement Ponds
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This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary probiotic supplementation on the growth and survival of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fingerlings, as well as changes in water quality. A completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications and four treatments was applied including treatment 1 (T1) commercial diet without probiotics (control), treatment 2 (T2) commercial diet supplemented with probiotics from Bacillus subtilis fermentation, treatment 3 (T3) commercial diet supplemented with probiotics from photosynthetic bacteria fermentation, and treatment 4 (T4) commercial diet supplemented with probiotics from fish gut microbiome fermentation. After 50 days of nursing, there were no significant differences on the average weights, average lengths and average survival rates among the fingerlings in T2, T3, T4, however, they were statistically significant different with T1 (p<0.05). The fingerlings fed with diets supplemented with probiotics showed higher growth and survival rates than those fed with the control diet. It was found that the fingerlings in T4 had the highest average weight of 11.40±0.27 g, while the fingerlings in T1 had the lowest average weight of 8.17±0.13 g. The fingerlings in T3 had the highest average length of 12.04±0.04 cm. and the highest average survival rate at 98.00±2.00% whereas the fingerlings in T1 had the lowest average length of 10.61±0.32 cm and the lowest average survival rate at 85.33±6.11%. Water quality parameters, including pH and temperature, remained within suitable ranges for fingerling nursing throughout the experimental period.
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