%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of feeding Spirulina platensis on growth and carcass composition of hybrid red tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus กม O. niloticus)
%A Thepparath Ungsethaphand
%J Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology
%D 2010
%I Maejo University
%X The present study was designed to evaluate the use of spirulina (Spirulina platensis) as a protein source for hybrid red tilapia. Spirulina was incorporated into four isonitrogenous and isocaloric diets at 0, 5, 10 and 20% of the fishmeal-based diet. The test diets were fed to the fish at 2% body weight twice a day for 120 days. The final weight gain, specific growth rate, feed conversion ratio and survival rate of fish were not affected by spirulina supplementation (p>0.05). There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in carcass proximate composition of the fish fed on spirulina diets as compared to those on control diet. This study demonstrates that up to 20% of spirulina can be substituted for fishmeal in a fishmeal-based diet for hybrid red tilapia without any adverse effect on fish growth.
%K spirulina
%K Spirulina platensis
%K hybrid red tilapia
%K fishmeal-based diet
%K carcass composition
%U http://www.mijst.mju.ac.th/vol4/331-336.pdf