General and Relative Growth Studies in Formulated Feed of Fresh Water Prawn M. Assamensis peninsularis (Tiwari) from Kumaon Himalaya, Uttarakhand

Abstract

The present paper deals with the study of relative growth of fresh water prawn Macrobrachium assamensis peninsularis. Experiment was conducted to study the effect of different formulated diets. The experiment diets were prepared with similar ingredient composition with only difference in protein supplement source. The stocked animals were fed with control diet (D0) and three experimental diets (D1-D3). The food was given at 8 am and 4 pm at the rate of 5% of the total biomass. Study was conducted during July 2007- June 2008. The relative per month growth increment was observed maximum in the case of animal fed with diet D3 followed by animal fed with diet D2. It was 2.08 mm in male and 1.44 in female for per month increment in length of animal fed with diet D3 and 0.11 gm in males and 0.073 gm in females for per month increment in weight of the same group of animals. Finally concluded that formulated feed to enhanced the relative growth of both the sexes under laboratory condition.

Fecundity and egg dimension of freshwater prawnMacrobrachium assamense peninsulare(Tiwari, 1958) from Rawasan stream of Garhwal, Central Himalaya, India

“…Hitherto, few study on freshwater prawn of present interest Macrobrachium assamense peninsulare in Uttarakhand; that is, Bisht, Kumar, and Joshi, () study the general and relative growth of Macrobrachium assamensis peninsualris from Kumaon Himalaya, India, and Koshal Kumar, Rana, and Singh () study the seasonal variation on the availability of freshwater prawn in two tributaries of river Ganga in India. This species is fairly comparable with the other exploitable species of minor prawns in our country and plays an important role in protein rich local food resources (Joshi, Ingole, Bisht, & Pandey, ).…”