@article{Nwabueze:231382,
      recid = {231382},
      author = {Nwabueze, Agatha Arimiche},
      title = {The Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum) on Growth and  Haematological Parameters of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell,  1822)},
      journal = {Sustainable Agriculture Research},
      address = {2012},
      number = {526-2016-37830},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {The effect of different concentrations of garlic (Allium  sativum) supplement in fish diet on growth and  haematological parameters of Clarias gariepinus fingerlings  was investigated. Fish were separated into four  experimental groups of 0% (controls), 0.5%, 1.0% and 3%  concentrations of garlic in diet and fed at 3% body weight  per day in a renewal static bioassay system. Garlic  supplemented diet did not have any significant effect on  weight gain of C. gariepinus when compared to fish in the  control diet. However, final fish weight was significantly  (P<0.05) higher than the initial fish weight in all  concentrations of garlic in fish diet and in the controls.  No significant (P>0.05) difference in total length was  observed in fish fed different concentrations of garlic at  the end of 12 weeks. An increase in total length was  observed in fish with garlic supplemented diet over fish in  the control diet. Fish fed different concentrations of  garlic in diet showed slight differences in total length  but did not significantly (P>0.05) differ from each other  in total length. Fish in 0.5% garlic diet had higher weight  gain and total length than fish in the rest of the  treatment groups and the controls. Final white blood cell  (WBC), red blood cell (RBC), packed cell volume (PCV),  haemoglobin (Hb) were observed to be significantly  (P<0.05%) higher than the initial counts in the treatment  groups as compared to the controls. RBC, PCV and Hb were  however, significantly higher in fish fed 0.5% garlic  supplemented diets than other concentrations. Plasma  protein was observed to increase significantly (P<0.05)  only in fish fed 0.5% and 1.0% garlic in diet. This study  has shown that 0.5% (0.5g/kg) garlic supplement in fish  feeds elicited more increase in fish total length and  volume of haematological parameters of C. gariepinus.  Garlic inclusion in fish diet at 0.5% (0.5g/kg)  concentration is therefore beneficial for use in  aquaculture to enhance the disease resistant status of C.  gariepinus.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/231382},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.231382},
}