Mesopotamia Environmental Journal
ISSN 2410-2598
Mesop. environ. j. 2016, Vol.2, No.2:12-18.
Growth development of young common carp Cyprinus carpio through dietary sodium chloride supplementation Noori Abdul-Nabi Nasir
Qusey Hamed
Marine vertebrate Department, Marine Science Center, Basrah Universtiy, Iraq.
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To cite this article: Nasir, N. A. and Hamed, Q. Growth development of young common carp Cyprinus carpio through dietary sodium chloride supplementation.
Mesop. environ. j., 2016, Vol. 2, No.2, pp. 12-18.
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Abstract This study was designed to evaluate the growth response of young common carp Cyprinus carpio to dietary salt levels. Five different test diets were prepared as a control diet without added salt, and four diets with 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0% added salt. Fish (20.15 ± 0.21 to 20.65 ± 0.64 gm /fish) was randomly distributed into the aquaria at a rate of 12 fish / 40 L . The water temperature was in the region of 27 ± 0.130 °C. Fish were fed either a diet containing 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0% sodium chloride with a feeding rate of 3% of life body weight twice daily for 7 days a week for 60 days. No significant difference between the treatments was noticed. The best Final body weight, percent weight gain, and specific growth rate (SGR) were found with 1.5 % salt diet (P
