Effects of boric acid on the growth performance and nutritional content of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

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Öz M., Tatıl T., Dikel S.

Chemosphere, cilt.272, ss.129895-129901, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 272
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129895
  • Dergi Adı: Chemosphere
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, EMBASE, Environment Index, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Geobase, Greenfile, MEDLINE, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.129895-129901
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, boric acid was added to the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) feed at ratios of 0.00%,0.01%, 0.05%, 0.10%, and 0.20%. The feeding period of this study continued for 90 days. The effect of boricacid on the growth parameters and nutritional composition of rainbow trout were investigated. In thisresearch, effects on live weight gain (LWG), amount of feed intake, feed conversion rate (FCR), proteinefficiency rate (PER), specific growth rate (SGR), survival rate, economic conversion rate (ECR), andeconomic profit index (EPI) were evaluated as growth parameters. As for nutritional contents, the totalcrude protein, lipid, raw ash, and humidity ratios were calculated. Rainbow trout with an initial weight of92.04 g reached up to 195.05±1.69 g, 202.69±1.94 g, 217.53±2.84 g, 195.25±2.18 g, and181.20±1.89 g, respectively in the different levels of boric acid at the end of the trial period. The bestgrowth performance was obtained in the group with 0.05% boric acid added, while the lowest growthperformance was observed in the group with 0.20% boric acid added. It was concluded based on theresults of this study that the amount of boric acid up to 0.05% in thefish feed positively affected thegrowth parameters and the addition of higher amounts had either no benefit or negative effects on thegrowth performance of rainbow trout. Furthermore, boric acid in feed affected the nutritional compo-sition offish meat.