GROWTH AND LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF Trichopodus trichopterus (Pallas, 1770) FED A SUPPLEMENTED DIET WITH DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF PROBIOTIC

Abstract

© The Author(s) 2014. Published by University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture. All rights reserved.The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of diet with different microbial concentrations on the growth and length-weight relationship of Trichopodus trichopterus. For this aim a study was designed with four experimental treatments and the control to evaluate different micro-bial concentrations on growth and length-weight relationship. The counts of bacteria that were used for dietary supplementation were 1×104, 2×104, 3×104 and 4×104 CFU g-1 in T1, T2, T3 and T4 treatments, respectively. The results indicated that the use of 3×104 CFU g-1 concentration increased the length, and a positive allometric growth was observed. The higher length frequency was estimated in T3. The results indicated that the use of micro-bial additives with proper concentration causes different allometric growth.