The physiological indices i.e. body weight, length, gutted weight,
SGR and weight gain are shown in Table 1. Overall, the experimental
groups did not differ significantly (P > 0.05) from each other in
respect of body weight gain, length and gutted weight. The specific
growth rate (SGR) of the fish 14 days after cessation of feeding with garlicwas1.20.1 in the control group and 1.20.1 and 0.90.3 in
the groups, which received 0.5 and 1.0 g garlic 100 g1 of feed,
respectively (Table 1). The feed conversion ratio (FCR) and protein
efficiency ratio (PER) was also enhanced in experimental groups
compared with the control (data not included).
The condition factor (CF) of fish receiving different doses of
dietary garlic after withdrawal for 14, 21 and 28 days is shown in
Table 3. However, CF was much lower 28 days after the ending of
feeding with garlic.