Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2019

June 19 - 21, 2019

Chennai Tamil Nadu - India

Growth and Survival Performances of Milkfish, Chanos chanos (Forsskal 1775) Using Supplemented Vitamin A Diets

Omarsharif Garwas, Jeraldin Gamotia, Rezelica Saluan and Cherry Nian*
Aquaculture Department, College Of Fisheries
Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography
Sanga-Sanga, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
cherrynian82@gmail.com
 

The experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of supplemented vitamin A diets on the growth, feed conversion ratio and survival performance of milkfish, Chanos chanos fry. There were three (3) treatment used, namely; 0% as negative control (T1), 0.05% (T2) and 0.1% (T3) kg-1 for a duration thirty days using a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Results of the feeding trial showed that the final weight (FW), weight gain (WG) and specific growth rate (SGR) were statistically similar (p>0.05). T3 exhibited higher FW (1.4±0.2g), WG (1.4±0.2g) and SGR (5.1±0.3%) than T1 and T2 (p>0.05). However, results showed no significant differences in survival rates of milkfish fry among treatments. Thus, 0.1% Vitamin A kg-1 diet could be preferable inclusion level that promotes better growth, feed conversion efficiency and survival performance of milkfish fry.