EFFECTS OF DEFATTED JATROPHA KERNEL MEAL ON HEMATOLOGICAL AND SERUM BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF LABEO ROHITA (HAM.) FINGERLINGS

摘要

Atotal of 120 acclimatized fingerlings (average weight 7.12 ± 0.05 g) were randomly distributed in triplicates iito four distinct experimental groups with each replicate containing ten fish in a plastic rectangular tub (200 L capacity). The lish werefed with four isonitrogenous (34.79 - 35.0% crude protein) and isoenergetic (414 - 421 kcal lOOgm ' digestible ocrgv) diets: Control containing soybean meal; and Tl, T2 and T3 replacing 5%, 10% and 20% of soybean meal with defatted Jitropha kernel meal.The fish were fed with respective experimental diets to satiation in the morning and evening for a period of30 days. The haematological parameters (Hb, RBC, WBC and Hct) and NET activity did not show significant difference (p>0.05) among various experimental gr6ups. Serum total protein, albumin and globulin varied significantly (p<0.05) among the fed groups with highest value recorded in control and Tl whereas lowest in T2 and T3. The albumin to globulin ratio (A:G) ikowed no significant difference (p>0.05) among fish fed different experimental diets. The glucose concentration in serum was (Inerved to be varying significantly among experimental groups and reported to increase linearly with increased level of DJKM in diet