The Effect of Leonardite as Feed Additive on Growth of Goldfish (Carassius auratus L.)

Authors : Funda TURAN, Mehmet TURGUT

Pages : 184-191

Doi:10.28978/nesciences.832994

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Publication Date : 2020-11-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Leonardite supplementation on goldfish, Carassius auratus growth performance and survival rate. The Goldfish insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(mean body weight 4.77±0.43 g); were fed with experimental diets prepared with Leonardite supplementation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0, 2.5 and 5 g kg-1); for 55 days. The weight gain insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(3.633±0.192 g);, FCR insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.830±0.04);, SGR insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1.003±0.077); and PER insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(4.325±0.228); were observed higher in goldfish fed with 5 g kg-1 leonardite than fed with 2.5 g kg-1 leonardite and control groups significantly insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P 0.05);. In conclusion, leonardite inclusion in the diet at 5 g kg-1 was shown to have a positive effect on goldfish growth. This suggests that leonardite can be considered as a new feed additive, which improves goldfish’s growth performance.
Keywords : Goldfish, Carassius auratus, Leonardite, Feed Additive