Evaluation of Using some Probiotics in Diets of African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus)
Published:June 3, 2014
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INTRODUCTION During the last three decades, a great attention was paid towards aquaculture as an attempt to fulfill the gap between the increased population and their demands from animal protein. Aquaculture is still the fastest growing food producing sector, compared to other food commodities with an annual increase of approximately 12% ( FAO, 2009 ). The use of antibiotics in aquacultu...
The economics of fish culture in very important in any study because it shows if the research is cost effective and applicable in terms of the cost implication. Achieving boosted growth and immune system in fish with different levels of probiotics is very reasonable but my concern is about the financial implication of these probiotics application compared to the results obtained in the control group. in commercial fish farms, fast growth rate and weight gain at a lower cost is usually the objective. However, the economic indices should be evaluated in this study so that readers of this article will have a clear picture of probiotics application in fish culture such as growth, health status, cost implication, etc.
Victor Eyo (Ph.D in view, Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Calabar, Nigeria).
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