Evaluation of the growth performance of common carp Cyprinus carpio L. fry after adding a powdered mixture of some insects to their diets
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Evaluation, juveniles, common carp, growth performance, insect powder mixture.Abstract
This study was conducted to test the effect of adding an insect powder mixture on the performance of common carp fry which had initial body weight attained (16.65±0.01) g. A total of 72 fish they were randomly distributed into 4 treatments with 3 replicates (6 fish per replicate). A commercial Ferdaneh diet with a crude protein content of 30% and a gross energy 412 kcal/g was used. A commercial insect powder mixture (grasshopper and mealworms) was added to the diets at the following experimental levels: T0 was the control treatment without any addition. And it was added to T1, T2, and T3 at levels of 1%, 2%, and 3%, respectively. Fish performance was tested after 60 days of the experiment, based on weight gain, daily growth rate, relative growth rate, specific growth rate, feed conversion ratio, feed conversion efficiency, and protein efficiency ratio. The results of the statistical analysis showed that all addition treatments significantly exceeded on the control treatment, in the following order: T3 then T2, followed by T1, for all studied parameters hence, we conclude that common carp fry showed the best growth performance after adding the insect powder mixture at the above-mentioned levels to their diet, particularly at 3%.
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