TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Different Rates of Spirulina (<I>Spirulina</I> <I>platensis</I>) on Growth and Feed Conversion in Guppy (<I>Poecilia reticulata </I>Peters, 1860)
AU - Aral, Orhan AU - Karayucel, Ismihan AU - Una, Hatice AU - Dernekbasi, Seval 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 9
IS  - 9
SP  - 1395
EP  - 1399
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2010.1395.1399
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.1395.1399
KW  - growth performance
KW  -Spirulina platensis
KW  -spirulina
KW  -Poecilia reticulata
KW  -Guppy
KW  -feed conversion
AB  - In this study, effect of dietary supplementation of different rates (10% Group B, 20% Group C, 30% Group  D,  40%  Group  E)  of  spirulina  (<I>Spirulina</I> <I> platensis</I>)  on  growth  and  feed  conversion  in  guppy (<I>Poecilia reticulata</I>) was compared with a commercial stamp food (Group A). Fish fed 40% spirulina performed better than those fed lower levels. At the end of the experiment, there were no significant differences between the all groups in terms of average final weights (p&gt;0.05). No significant differences were observed in specific growth rate, feed conversion rate and weight gain. However, there were significant differences in terms of feed conversion rate between groups (p&lt;0.05) and it was the highest in Group E (1.090&plusmn;0.044) and the lowest in Group A (2.312&plusmn;0.071). Therefore, the best growth rate (1.933&plusmn;0.009) and live weight gain (0.085&plusmn;0.006 ) were recorded in Group
ER  -