Table 3 Morphological and biological performance and survivability of Pangasius hypophthalmus under the different medicinal plant extract.

From: Investigation of the effects of phytogenic dietary additives on growth performance, nutrient utilization, economic efficiency and health of Pangasius hypophthalmus : implications for sustainable aquaculture development

Biotechnical parameters

Treatments

Turmeric (T1)

Garlic (T2)

Aloe vera (T3)

Mixed (T4)

Control (T5)

IBW (g)

0.21 ± 0.04a

0.21 ± 0.04a

0.21 ± 0.04a

0.21 ± 0.04a

0.21 ± 0.04a

FBW (g)

40.81 ± 0.24a

39.22 ± 0.53b

39.61 ± 0.44b

42.22 ± 0.56a

32.24 ± 0.31c

FBL (Lf,cm)

15.16 ± 0.11

14.04 ± 0.21

14.02 ± 0.44

16.24 ± 0.23

13.62 ± 0.42

ADWG (g)

0.57 ± 0.01a

0.56 ± 0.01b

0.56 ± 0.02b

0.60 ± 0.04a

0.46 ± 0.01c

WG (g)

40.59 ± 0.23a

39.01 ± 0.53b

39.41 ± 0.11b

42.01 ± 0.82a

32.04 ± 0.24c

SGR (%/day)

7.52 ± 0.01a

7.47 ± 0.04b

7.48 ± 0.01a

7.57 ± 0.02a

7.19 ± 0.01c

FCR (g)

0.8 ± 0.01a

0.9 ± 0.03b

0.9 ± 0.01b

0.8 ± 0.02a

0.94 ± 0.02b

PER

1.35 ± 0.01a

1.30 ± 0.01b

1.31 ± 0.02b

1.40 ± 0.01a

1.06 ± 0.03c

CF (%)

1.17 ± 0.02a

1.41 ± 0.01a

1.43 ± 0.04a

0.98 ± 0.05b

1.27 ± 0.04a

HSI (%)

2.14 ± 0.14a

2.25 ± 0.34b

2.44 ± 0.06b

2.16 ± 0.01a

2.10 ± 0.01a

VSI (%)

5.81 ± 0.21a

5.82 ± 0.34a

5.66 ± 0.06b

4.86 ± 0.21a

4.44 ± 0.41b

SR (%)

99.0 ± 0.06b

98.2 ± 0.08b

98. ± 0.04b

100 ± 0.00a

90 ± 1.21c

  1. The data indicates the mean ± SD of fish, with substantial variances in each row with different superscripts (p < 0.05).