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Table 3 Growth parameters, condition factor and survival rate of L. rohita fingerlings after 100 days feeding

From: Nutritional evaluation of a short-horned grasshopper‚ Oxya hyla hyla (Serville) meal as a substitute of fishmeal in the compound diets of rohu, Labeo rohita (Hamilton)

 

RD

TD

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

Length gain (%)

33.71 ± 1.62a

32.40 ± 5.56a

31.61 ± 3.01a

31.94 ± 3.53a

27.34 ± 2.65b

29.82 ± 2.61b

28.26 ± 1.91b

Weight gain (%)

155.85 ± 29.61a

158.05 ± 27.07a

164.72 ± 20.48a

177.03 ± 24.55a

144.90 ± 30.33b

146.11 ± 31.04b

140.79 ± 34.13b

K

1.79 ± 0.15

1.80 ± 0.08

1.78 ± 0.11

1.77 ± 0.14

1.72 ± 0.15

1.76 ± 0.19

1.77 ± 0.11

SGR (%)

0.41 ± 0.06a

0.42 ± 0.06a

0.43 ± 0.04a

0.44 ± 0.04a

0.37 ± 0.05b

0.39 ± 0.07b

0.36 ± 0.06b

ADG (%)

1.63 ± 0.41a

1.65 ± 0.38a

1.69 ± 0.23a

1.79 ± 0.25a

1.40 ± 0.29b

1.50 ± 0.41b

1.62 ± 0.38b

Survival rate

81.67 ± 5.77b

88.33 ± 2.89a

88.33 ± 2.89a

88.67 ± 2.89a

88.33 ± 2.89a

88.33 ± 2.89a

80.00 ± 5.00b

  1. Means with ±SD are values of triplicate groups. Figures in the same row with same superscripts are not significantly different (one-way ANOVA followed by DMRT, p > 0.05). RD reference diet, TD test diet, K condition factor, SGR specific growth rate, ADG average daily weight gain