Observations on the protein and carbohydrate requirements of carps

Pre- and post-challenge immuno-haematological changes in Labeo rohita juveniles fed gelatinised or non-gelatinised carbohydrate with n-3 PUFA

“…Increased utilisation of dietary carbohydrate has been tried by many researchers to reduce the feed cost considering the abundant availability and low cost of carbohydrate sources. Requirement of dietary carbohydrate has been reported to be 26% for the Labeo rohita [2]. But, further study revealed that a dietary level of 40% gelatinised carbohydrate improved the growth without any detrimental effect on health [3].…”

Effect of dietary carbohydrate on haematology, respiratory burst activity and histological changes in juveniles

“…Being an omnivorous species, high carbohydrate diets are being fed traditionally to IMC. Optimum protein requirement of IMC ranges between 30 and 45% [28,29] and the carbohydrate requirement was reported to be 26% [30]. A gelatinised form of carbohydrate [GC] at 40% in the diet of L. rohita has been found to improve growth [31].…”

Effect of ration size on growth, body composition, and energy and protein maintenance requirement of fingerling Indian major carp, Labeo rohita (Hamilton)

“…Although some aspects of the nutrient requirements of the Indian major carp have been determined in the past (Sen et al 1978;Ranukaradhya and Varghese 1986;Mohanty et al 1990;Das et al 1991;De Silva and Gunasekera 1991;Khan 1991;Mohanty and Kaushik 1991;Chakraborty et al 1992;Erfanullah and Jafri 1993;Khan and Jafri 1993;Erfanullah and Jafri 1995;Jena et al 1996;Murthy and Varghese 1998;Chakraborty and Chakraborty 1998;Erfanullah and Jafri 1998a, b;Jafri and Hassan 1999;Mohapatra et al 2003;Satpathy et al 2003;Abidi and Khan 2004a, b;Khan et al , 2005, no information is available on the optimum ration, or the protein and energy maintenance requirement of this fish.…”