TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of <I>Spirulina platensis </I>Meal as Feed Additive on Growth Performance and Survival Rate in Golden Barb fish, <I>Puntius gelius </I>(Hamilton, 1822)
AU - Hajiahmadian, Michael AU - Vajargah, Mohammad Forouhar AU - Farsani, Hamed Ghaffari AU - Chorehi, Mohammad Mansouri 
JO  - Journal of Fisheries International
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
SP  - 61
EP  - 64
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1817-3381
DO  - jfish.2012.61.64
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jfish.2012.61.64
KW  - Spirulina platensis
KW  -Golden Barb fish
KW  -growth performance cyanobacteria
KW  -FCR
KW  -Iran
AB  - The effect of <I>Spirulina platensis</I> on the growth and survival rate of Golden Barb fish (<I>Puntius gelius</I>) was investigated as a protein source in a 2 months feeding trial. <I>S. platensis</I> was added to the basal diet at 0% (Control), 5, 10 and 20% and fed to Golden Barb fish. The growth of Golden Barb fish was related to the level of <I>S. platensis</I> containing. The final weight gain, specific growth rate, feed conversion ratio of fish were affected by spirulina supplementation (p&gt;0.05). The highest Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), 3.55&plusmn;0.10 was found in the fishes that were cultured with 20% of <I>S. platensis</I>. The survival rate was not affected by different amount of spirulina. The results of the present study clearly demonstrate that <I>S. platensis</I> could be considered as a protein source for incorporation in Golden Barb fish diets to gain more weight.
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