Bundit Yuangsoi and Toshiro Masumoto

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Abstract

Moringa oleifera Lam (Moringaceae) is a highly valued plant, distributed in many countries of the tropics and subtropics. The leaves are the protein source with an adequate profile of amino acids. The present study was undertaken in order
to determine the effect of a dietary of moringa leaves on digestibility and growth performance of fancy carp. Fish were fed
with diets containing isonitrogenouse and isoenergetic formulated by 20 and 50 g kg^-1 of moringa leaves to replace protein in
soybean. Fish were distributed in 500-liter tanks with flow-through water. Every fish was weighed and after the terminal
experiment, all groups’ livers and distal intestines were sampled. All fish grew normally (p>0.05) but fish fed with proteinreplacing moringa leaves at 50 g kg^-1 were noted to exhibit slightly poor growth performance and feed utilization. The study
indicated that the tested moringa leaf diet contains ingredients that could be used for fancy carp diets with possibly not
over up to 20 g kg^-1 soybean protein replacement without negative effect on growth and digestibility.