Interactive effects of mulberry leaf meal and bamboo charcoal additive on growth performance, anti-oxidant capacity, and disease resistance of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) juvenile (Oreochromis niloticus)

Abstract This study investigated the interactive effects of mulberry leaf meals (MLM) and bamboo charcoal additive (BCA) on growth performance, anti-oxidant capacity, and disease resistance of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) juveniles (Oreochromis niloticus). An 8-week (56-day) feeding trial of 2 × 3 factorial experiment was carried out wherein fish were fed with six diets containing graded levels of MLM (15 %, 30 %) and BCA (0.4 %, 0.8 %, 1.2 %). The results showed that different amounts of MLM and interaction between MLM and BCA influenced the growth performance of GIFT (P