| Journal of Applied Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||
| Volume 23, Number 4 (October 2011) | |||||||||||||||||
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Effect of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) on Growth Performance, Feed Utilization, Whole-Body Composition, and Resistance to Aeromonas hydrophilain Nile Tilapia | ||||||||||||||||
| Authors: | MohammadH. Ahmad 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Source: | Journal of Applied Aquaculture, Volume 23, Number 4 (October 2011) | ||||||||||||||||
| Page Numbers: | 289 – 298 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Abstract: | Four isonitrogenous (30% crude protein) and isocaloric (4.40 kcal/g) experimental diets were formulated to contain 0.0% (control), 0.5%, 1.0%, or 1.5% cinnamon. The diet containing 1% cinnamon resulted in significantly greater (P 0.05) contents due to cinnamon supplementation. Blood plasma profile showed an improvement in hemoglobin (HB), red blood cell (RBCS), hematocrite (PCV), total protein, and total lipids, while there was a decrease in creatinin, urea, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and glucose in fish fed 1% cinnamon. Cinnamon was found to have an antibacterial activity antagonistic to Aeromonas hydrophilainfection in fish. Performance and FCR improvement translated into a 10% decrease in feed costs associated with the 1% cinnamon diet. | ||||||||||||||||
| Citation: | MohammadH. Ahmad . Effect of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) on Growth Performance, Feed Utilization, Whole-Body Composition, and Resistance to Aeromonas hydrophilain Nile Tilapia. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, Volume 23, Number 4 (October 2011), pp. 289-298, | ||||||||||||||||
| URL: | http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4A95AE27B73BB48D060D | ||||||||||||||||
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