Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Probiotic used as growth promoters in Monosex Nile tilapia

Two different commercial feed additives was tested on the growth performance of monosex Nile tilapia fingerlings. Biogen and Pronifer were tested along with a control. The whole experiment lasted 90 days generally, growth performance, feed conversion ratio, protein efficiency ratio and apparent protein digestibility were improved for monosex tilapia fingerlings fed on diets with commercial feed additives compared to fish fed on the control diet.

The study was conducted in the Fish Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University. the results showed that feeding with Biogen or Pronifer was a positive result with both treatments outdoing the control. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers

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