Abstract
<p><em>Spirulina platensis </em>is a phytoplankton, the cell wall composed of complex sugars so easily digested by fish<em>. </em>The present study was carried out to investigate stimulation cycle of feed deprivation with feed supplemented <em>S</em>.<em> platensis</em> the best to increase growth, hematological and body composition of gurami (<em>Osphronemus gouramy</em>). Groups of 24 fish, each in triplicate, were exposed to four different treatment for a period of 56 days. Sample measurements of growth done every 14 days, hematological and body composition measurements carried out at the end of the experiment. Growth was significantly different between stimulation cycle of feed deprivation and the control (P&lt;0.05). Conclusions result showed that stimulation cycles of feed deprivation could not improve growth and hematological, but could improve body composition. Feed deprivation is done to reduce the cost of production, high production costs due to high feed prices. During research on feed deprivation is done by giving commercial feed, this study is to provide feed supplementation <em>S. platensis</em>. Thus, the results of this study can be useful for science as <em>S. platensis</em> information can be used as a food supplement and and for the people cultivating gurami should be fed daily supplementation of <em>S. platensis</em>.</p><p><strong>How to Cite</strong></p><p>Simanjuntak, S. B. I., Wibowo, E. S. &amp; Indarmawan, I. (2016). Stimulation of Deprivation Cycles with Spirulina platensis Feed Supplementation on Osphronemus gouramy Physiological Responses. <em>Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology &amp; Biology Education</em>, 8(3), 378-385. </p>
Highlights
Spirulina platensis is a blue-green algae planktonic, filamentous, can live in lakes, brackish water and sea water
The results of this study showed that the highest growth was achieved by treatment gurami control which means that the stimulation cycle deprivation with feed supplemented S. platensis 4g/kg commercial diets did not generate compensatory growth
The results of this study indicate that hematological of gurami fed supplementation S. platensis daily compared with hematological gurami that stimulation cycle of feed deprivation and re-feeding to the same feed formula (P1 - P3) (Table 2)
Summary
Spirulina platensis is a blue-green algae planktonic, filamentous, can live in lakes, brackish water and sea water. Nutritional composition of S. platensis is very complete, consisting of 62% protein, vitamins, antioxidants β-carotene, phytopigment xanthophyl (Kumari, 2011). Supplementation of S. platensis in the diet can modulate the immune system (Rabadiya & Patel, 2010), can to a large-scale fish farming (El-Sheekh et al, 2014), and can be used as an essential component for animal feed (Kim et al, 2013). It was reported that supplementation of S. platensis in fish feed can promote the growth and the survival (Ibrahem et al, 2013; Jana et al, 2014; Zeinab et al, 2015; Simanjuntak et al, 2015), and can be used as a raw material for feed (Simanjuntak et al, 2014)
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