Turmeric Potency in Preventing Aeromonas hydrophila Infection in Clarias batrachus

Abstract

A study on clinical signs of Clarias batrachus that was fed with turmeric enriched pellets and was infected with Aeromonas hydrophila has been conducted from May to August 2020. This study aims to understand the effects of turmeric in preventing the disease due to A. hydrophyla infection. There were 5 treatments applied, namely Po (no treatment) and Pp (infected with A. hydrophyla, no turmeric), the fishes were fed with 0.5 g/Kg turmeric enriched pellets (P1), 0.7 g/Kg (P2) and 0.9 g/Kg (P3). The fishes used in this study were 10-12 cm (TL) and 13-15 g (BW) and were distributed in 15 aquaria of 50 L (n=10 fishes/aquaria). The fish was fed with turmeric enriched pellets and by the 30th day, the fishes were infected intramuscularly with 0.1 ml of A. hydrophila suspension. In the 14th day after injection, any clinical signs occur were noted. Results shown that the Pn was normal, the Pp shown very bad condition with ulcers, skin lession, frantic swimming, haemorrhage spots and exopthalmia. The fish that were fed with turmeric enriched pellets shown lighter signs. In P3, ulcers occur in the 3th, but it became better by the 12th day. Based on data obtained, it can be concluded that the provision of turmeric enriched pellet is effective to cure the clinical signs of A. hydrophila attack.