The effect of Eucalyptus leaf meal on growth Common carp cyprinus carpio
Keywords:
Eucalyptus, Common carp, Daily growth rate, Feed conversion rateAbstract
The current study looked at the effects of feeding Common carp Cyprinus carpio, meal made from eucalyptus leaves as a prebiotic. The mollies were obtained from Aquaculture Unit ponds in Al-Hartha Station for Agricultural Researches, North Basrah.gathered District. Live fish are moved in nylon bags to the University of Basrah's College of Agriculture's Fish Laboratory of Aquaculture Unit. Twenty-four aquariums containing five fish each (with an initial average weight of 17.84±1.02 g) were utilised, with three duplicates of each treatment. The fish were given artificial feed for 56 days at a rate of 3% of their body weight, along with eucalyptus leaf meal (0, 0.5, 1.0 , and 1.5)% for the control group and T1, T2, T3 and T4 in that order. The current experiment's results showed increased growth rates and best feed conversion rate in T4 comparing with all other treatments. For T4 final average weights was 52.22 g, weight increments was 34.29 g, daily growth rate was 0.611 g/day, specific growth rate was 1.906 %/day and feed conversion rate was 2.147. Statistical analysis of the growth results proved that there were significant differences (P≤0.05) between T4 and all other treatments.