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Effect of biofloc technology on growth performance and intestine histology of grass carp (<i>Ctenopharyngodon idella</i>) fingerlings

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Last updated: 29 Mar 2025

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Animal and Poultry Production

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Biofloc technology is the "blue revolution" in aquaculture and a recent technology for enhancing the utilization of feed wastes in aquaculture. The effects of different biofloc systems on growth rates and histological changes in the intestines of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) fingerlings were investigated using three carbon sources: molas, starch, and wheat flour. over a period of three months. Four experimental groups, control, molas, starch, and wheat flour, were set in parallel triplicates and growth performance parameters, including final body weight, total weight gain, survival rate, specific growth rate (SGR), and feed conversion ratio (FCR), The current findings demonstrate that all diet-treated groups exhibit significant changes in the measured growth parameters (p< 0.05). The lowest final weight (77.3 g), weight gain (75.6 g), and SGR (2.5%/day) were achieved for fish raised on a wheat flour-supported diet. Histo-morphometric analysis of the anterior and posterior segments of the intestine showed a significant increase in the length of the intestine. intestinal villi width as well as an increase in the number of goblet cells in the BFT groups compared to the control. In summary fish farming with the BFT using feed supplemented with various carbon sources might be very beneficial to fish farmers because it can reduce feed costs and improve yield.

DOI

10.21608/aasj.2024.349869.1182

Keywords

biofloc technology, carbon sources, Grass carp, gut histology, growth parameters

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Badrey

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E. A.

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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, 71524 Assiut, Egypt

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ahmedbadrey765.el@azhar.edu.eg

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Ayat

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Awad

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M.

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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, 71524 Assiut, Egypt

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ayatmoubark37@gmail.com

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First Name

Kh.

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AbouelFadl

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Y.

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Faculty of Fish and Fisheries Technology, Aswan University, 81628 Aswan, Egypt

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khaled_almasry@yahoo.com

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W.

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Kloas

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Department of Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Biology and Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

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werner.kloas@igb-berlin.de

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First Name

A.

Last Name

Osman

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G. M.

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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, 71524 Assiut, Egypt

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agosman@azhar.edu.eg

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7

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3

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53121

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2024-12-01

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2024-10-22

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2024-12-01

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84

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99

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2535-1680

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2535-1699

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Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal

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Effect of biofloc technology on growth performance and intestine histology of grass carp (<i>Ctenopharyngodon idella</i>) fingerlings

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29 Mar 2025