Abstract
A 70 day experiment was conducted to determine the correctlevel of inclusion of
livestock vitamin premix in the diet of Clarias gariepinus fingerlings and to monitor the
utilization efficiency and growth performance of the test fish.
One hundred and eighty fingerlings of C. gariepinus were randomly distributed to six
treatments, each weighing 0.76 ± 0.05g. Thirty fingerlings per treatment were used. Each
treatment had varying levels of livestock vitamin premix except the control that had no
additional vitamin premix. Weighings of fish were done weekly and feed adjusted
accordingly. The data collected were subjected statistically to descriptive and analysis of
vanance.
All the treatments were significantly different from each other .and also from the
control at (P < 0.05). The highest mean weight gain was recorded in treatment 5 (0.910)
which had 2% premix inclusion. The carcass analysis showed T5 with the highest crude
protein level (64.43%). The highest daily and weekly mean weight gain were recorded in
treatment 5; 0.013g and 0.l30g respectively. The feedconversion ratio (FeR) was lowest in
T (2.147). The FeR for Ts (2.535) was insignificantly different (P < 0.05) from T1• The
fish feed control had the best FeR.
T5 had the best utilization and growth performance when the average weight gain and
the carcass crude protein composition and energy were compared. The fat deposited in
fingerlings fed T5 were moderately (5.63) lower than treatment 6 with 5.86. It can be
concluded that the fish fed treatment 5 will be less fatty than fish fed treatment 6 but more
fatty than the fish fed the controls.
Oyin, O (2021). Utilization And Growth Response Of C. Gariepinusfingerlings To Varying Inclusion Levels Of Livestock Vitamin Grower's Premix. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/utilization-and-growth-response-of-c-gariepinusfingerlings-to-varying-inclusion-levels-of-livestock-vitamin-grower-s-premix
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Oyin, Olukunle . "Utilization And Growth Response Of C. Gariepinusfingerlings To Varying Inclusion Levels Of Livestock Vitamin Grower's Premix" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 21, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/utilization-and-growth-response-of-c-gariepinusfingerlings-to-varying-inclusion-levels-of-livestock-vitamin-grower-s-premix