Table 2 Farming performance of the fish during the experiment
Fish fed the pellets without supplement | Fish fed the Banana leaves diet | Fish fed the Maize leaves diet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-infected | Infected | Non-infected | Infected | Non-infected | Infected | |
Weight gain | 74.0 ± 11.8 | 50.5 ± 14.9 | 77.7 ± 13.1 | 70.8 ± 19.1 | 75.8 ± 14.0 | 70.6 ± 9.8 |
FCR (supplement excluded) | 3.2 ± 0.7 | 2.5 ± 0.4 | 2.35 ± 0.15 | 2.20 ± 0.27 | 2.32 ± 0.19 | 2.25 ± 0.29 |
FCR (supplement included) | – | – | 5.44 ± 0.40 | 4.95 ± 0.42 | 4.22 ± 0.24 | 4.32 ± 0.73 |
Average daily supplement consumption relative to total biomass (%) | – | – | 4.44 ± 0.04 | 0.49 ± 0.03 | 0.71 ± 0.02 | 0.69 ± 0.01 |
Protein efficacy ratio (including supplement) | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.1 |
Specific growth rate | 0.22 ± 0.01 | 0.17 ± 0.01 | 0.23 ± 0.01 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 0.23 ± 0.00 | 0.25 ± 0.01 |