Abstract

In this study the effects of dietary fig and rosemary extract supplementation on growth performance, feed utilization, biometric indexes and some blood parameters in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) were investigate d. Two experimental diets were supplemented with medicinal herb extracts at 0,5,1,2 g/kg. The fish were fed 60 days of trial diet. T he addition of fig extract and rosemary extract did not have a positive effect on development and feed intake. In addition, the addition of fig extract and rosemary extract did not cause a change in the number of red blood cell count, hematocrit, hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (P>0.05). However, the addition of fig extract and rosemary extract to the feed increased the spleen somatic index, while decreasing viscerosomatic index and hepatosomatic index (P<0.05).

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