Growth performances and bacterial load of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) using cinnamon as feed supplement

Abstract

Cinnamon has different biological properties such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic and antiallergic. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of cinnamon as feed supplement on growth performances and bacterial load of Heteropneustes fossilis. Twenty fries were stocked in each 60 litre aquarium for a rearing period of 90 days. Commercial diet was used that contains 0.0% (control), 0.5%, and 1.0% cinnamon bark powder. The diet containing 1% cinnamon resulted in greater ADG, SGR, FCR and survival rate. Whereas, the diet containing 0.5% cinnamon resulted in greater condition factor and lower FCR. In most of the cases the diet containing 1% cinnamon showed lower amount of bacterial count than the controlled condition. Cinnamon could have an antibacterial activity antagonistic to Vibrio and Aeromonas as there was no count found in fish flesh samples after 90 days of culture. The findings of this study suggest that growth performances and bacterial load of H. fossilis were better in commercial feed containing cinnamon powder. It is recommended that fish farmers can use cinnamon as feed supplement to improve growth performance and reduce bacterial load during culture of H. fossilis.

Growth Performance, Hematological Disorder and Bacterial Challenge on Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus) Using Moringa Oleifera Plant Leaf as Feed Supplement

“…Fish, diets and feeding protocol: Fishes were maintained and the diet was formulated as previously described by many authors (Puycha et al 2017 andBegum et al 2018). Briefly, prior to feeding the experimental diets, tilapia fry were kept in water filled cement tank for acclimatization on a commercial diet with 40% protein for 3 weeks.…”

“…The total feed was recorded weekly and each fish from each tank was weighed to measure growth at the end of the experiment. Water samples of each treatment were tested for bacterial load at 20 days interval (Begum et al 2018) and the entire process for assessment of bacterial load was followed by Cappuucino and Sherman (1996). The unconsumed excess food that remains in the aquarium was removed after each feeding.…”

“…Growth parameters: For determining the growth parameters, the following formulae were used (Begum et al 2018).…”

“…In their study they found that moringa leaf meal at the level of 10% and 20% exhibited the higher SGR (2.7% and 2.4% respectively). On the other hand, Begum et al (2018) evaluated the growth performance of Heteropneustes fossilis fed with diets containing cinnamon bark powder. They recorded the highest SGR (0.73 ± 0.25%) in fish fed with diet containing 1% cinnamon bark powder for 60 days.…”

“…Ahmad et al (2011) observed the effects of cinnamon on growth performance in Nile tilapia and they used 0% (control), 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% of cinnamon powder and the recorded condition factors were 1.59 ± 0.02, 1.52 ± 0.05, 1.67 ± 0.01 and 1.47 ± 0.02, respectively. Similarly, Begum et al (2018) evaluated the growth performance of Singhi fed with diets containing Cinnamon bark powder. They recorded highest condition factor (0.66 ± 0.22%) fed with commercial feed with 0.5% cinnamon powder and the lowest was in T1 (0.65 ± 0.04%) fed with commercial feed.…”