e-ISSN 2231-8542
ISSN 1511-3701
Yuli Andriani, Yeni Mulyani, Irfan Zidni, Muhammad Yusra Sadri and Putra Nur Wicaksono
Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 41, Issue 2, May 2018
Keywords: Bromelin, feed efficiency, gourami fry, growth parameters, papain
Published on: 31 May 2018
This study aims at identifying the influence of proteolytic enzymes, papain and bromelin, addition on growth rate and feed utilisation efficiency in gourami fry. Four different concentrations of papain from papaya (0%, 0.75%, 1.5% and 2.25%) and bromelin from pineapple (0%, 1%, 1.5% and 2%) were used. The parameters investigated in this study were: protease enzyme activity, daily growth rate, survival rate, feed efficiency rate and water quality. Papain and bromelin activities were 2.16 and 12.41 units/mg protein, respectively. The addition of papain and bromelin did not affect the growth rate, survival and feed efficiency in a statistically significant way. It is likely that more than 60 days is required to observe the impact of enzyme addition on growth rate and feed efficiency. Thus, more experiments are needed to validate our results.
ISSN 1511-3701
e-ISSN 2231-8542