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Dietary Supplement of Medicinal Herbal Leaf Powder on Growth Performance, Digestive Enzymes Activities, Energy Utilization and Vitamin Levels of the Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii

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Experiments were conducted to evaluate the influence of dietary supplement (@ 5%) dried leaf powder of the medicinal herbs, Ocimum sanctum, Solanum trilobatum and Phyllanthus amarus on survival, growth, activities of digestive enzymes, energy utilization, and vitamin contents of the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Results indicated significant (P < 0.05) improvements in survival, growth, activities of digestive enzymes, energy utilization, and vitamin levels in herb supplemented feeds fed prawns group compared to prawns fed non-herbs feed. Best growth was noted in prawns fed with the feed supplemented by leaf powder of P. amarus, followed by S. trilobatum and O. sanctum. It is concluded that leaf powder of these herbs can be used as dietary supplement for better growth of freshwater prawn.

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  1. Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620 024, India

    T. Muralisankar & P. Santhanam

  2. Crustacean Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    P. Saravana Bhavan

  3. Department of Arid Land Agriculture, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

    S. Radhakrishnan

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Muralisankar, T., Bhavan, P.S., Radhakrishnan, S. et al. Dietary Supplement of Medicinal Herbal Leaf Powder on Growth Performance, Digestive Enzymes Activities, Energy Utilization and Vitamin Levels of the Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii . Proc Zool Soc 71, 265–271 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-016-0202-y

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