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Abstract

Many medicinal plants including #Talinum triangulare (Water leaf) have shown promising findings when included in aquaculture ration as feed additive. More studies are needed to investigate the potential of these medicinal plants on enhancement of growth performance in aquaculture. In this present study, a total of four diets were formulated to include #T. triangulare (T.t) powder as feed additives at levels of 0.0% (T.t), 0.5% (T.t), 1.0% (T.t) and 3.0% (T.t). Fish meal (65%) was used as a sole protein source in all the experimental diets. All the rations were #isonitrogenous(35% protein), #isolipidic (11.73% lipid) and #isoenergetic (467.77 Kcal/100 g ration). Each treatment was replicated thrice and ration fed to the experimental fish at 5% body weight twice daily for 70 days. All the experimental diets had no significant effects (P > 0.05) on the growth of the African Catfish fingerling. The mean fingerlings final weight (g) was 1.91±0.127, 2.14±0.084, 2.38±0.096 and 1.86±0.439 for fish fed 0.0% (T.t), 0.5% (T.t), 1.0% (T.t) and 3.0% (T.t), respectively. The specific and relative growth rates of the fish under all the treatments were also not significant (P > 0.05). 

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Growth Performance of the African Catfish, Clarias Gariepinus, Fed Varying Inclusion Levels of Talinum Triangulare as Feed Additives  by Tiamiyu Adebisi Musefiu in BJSTR