Journal
AQUACULTURE REPORTS
Volume 21, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100800
Keywords
Aquaculture; Feed; Gut health; Growth; Fish; Saccharomy cescerevisiae
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- Krishi Gobeshona Foundation [TF 75-F/20]
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The study showed that supplementing Nile tilapia with 4 g kg-1 of S. cerevisiae significantly improved growth performance, feed utilization, and intestinal morphology. It suggests that S. cerevisiae can be an effective growth promoter for tilapia aquaculture.
Probiotics, an eco-friendly alternative to antibiotics application appears to have strong potential for improving the sustainability of aquaculture. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of probiotic brewer's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae supplementation on growth performance, feed utilization and intestinal morphometry of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. A feeding trial of 60 days was conducted in which tilapia fingerlings (7.55 +/- 1.25 g) were randomly distributed into three replicate aquaria under four different treatment groups, receiving S. cerevisiae at 0, 1, 2 and 4 g kg-1 diet, respectively. At the end of the feeding trial, growth performance parameters (weight gain, WG; % WG; specific growth rate, SGR), feed utilization indices (protein efficiency ratio, PER; feed conversion ratio, FCR) and intestinal morphology were assessed. The results obtained from this study revealed that growth performance and feed utilization indices were increased significantly in the fish fed with 4 g kg- 1 S. cerevisiae supplemented diet compared to controls. The length, width and area of villus were significantly enlarged in fish fed 4 g kg-1 S. cerevisiae supplemented diet. Likewise, intestinal mucosal fold, width of lamina propria, width of enterocytes and number of goblet cells increased in the fish fed with 4 g kg- 1 S. cerevisiae supplemented diet. These results demonstrated that S. cerevisiae can be effectively recommended as an important growth promoter for tilapia culture.
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