Gustation and Growth Performance of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus Fed Varying Levels of Dietary African Basil, Ocimum gratissimum Leaf Supplementation
K, G., Funmi, S. (2015). Gustation and Growth Performance of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus Fed Varying Levels of Dietary African Basil, Ocimum gratissimum Leaf Supplementation. EKB Journal Management System, 6(1), 9-15. doi: 10.21608/eajbsh.2015.16822
Gbadamosi Oluyemi K; Salako Funmi. "Gustation and Growth Performance of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus Fed Varying Levels of Dietary African Basil, Ocimum gratissimum Leaf Supplementation". EKB Journal Management System, 6, 1, 2015, 9-15. doi: 10.21608/eajbsh.2015.16822
K, G., Funmi, S. (2015). 'Gustation and Growth Performance of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus Fed Varying Levels of Dietary African Basil, Ocimum gratissimum Leaf Supplementation', EKB Journal Management System, 6(1), pp. 9-15. doi: 10.21608/eajbsh.2015.16822
K, G., Funmi, S. Gustation and Growth Performance of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus Fed Varying Levels of Dietary African Basil, Ocimum gratissimum Leaf Supplementation. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 6(1): 9-15. doi: 10.21608/eajbsh.2015.16822

Gustation and Growth Performance of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus Fed Varying Levels of Dietary African Basil, Ocimum gratissimum Leaf Supplementation

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, H. Botany
Article 2, Volume 6, Issue 1, December 2015, Page 9-15  XML PDF (243.46 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/eajbsh.2015.16822
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Authors
Gbadamosi Oluyemi K; Salako Funmi
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
Abstract
The gustation and growth performance of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus fed African basil, Ocimum gratissimum leaf meal supplemented diets was assessed in the present study. C. gariepinus of the initial weight of 6.96 ± 0.01g was evaluated over a 56 days period. Five experimental diets were formulated at 0 mg/g (control), 10 mg/g, 20mg/g, 30 mg and 40 mg/g inclusion levels of O. gratissimum. The leaf of O. gratissimum was treated by soaking in water for 72 hours and sun-dried. All diets were isonitrogenous with each treatment having two replicates. Fish fed the 40 mg/g O. gratissimum leaf meal also recorded the best growth performance in body weight gain and specific growth rate (SGR). Statistically, there was significantly increased growth and nutritional performance of fish in this study with increasing inclusion levels of O. gratissimum (P<0.05).  There was no adverse effect of O. gratissimum supplementation on the histometric index of fish in this study (P>0.05).  There was  also significant increase in the gustation of fish with increasing O. gratissimum supplementation (P<0.05). Therefore, the present study suggests that O. gratisimum leaf meal may be supplemented up to 40mg/g level to increase gustation and growth performance of C. gariepinus.
Keywords
African catfish; African basil leaf; Ocimum gratissimum; Growth performance; Gustation
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