Effects of Dietary Calcium Chloride and Glutamine on Growth Parameters and Carcass Composition in Cyprinus carpio

Dietary food stimulants decrease feeding time and wasted food. In the present study, effects of adding calcium chloride and free amino acids glutamine to diet on food intake, growth performance and carcass composition of common carp were investigated. The examined food samples were 9.0 mM calcium chloride, 1.0 mM amino acid glutamine 9.0 mM calcium chloride and 1.0 mM glutamine amino acid and the control treatments. Each were performed with three replicates. The results demonstrated that these feed additives changed growth parameters in carp. The highest increase in weight gain and body weight percentage were found in the treatment of glutamine and then combined treatment being different significantly with those of the control group (P ≤ 0.05). The highest daily growth rate and the lowest feed conversion ratio were found in amino acid glutamine treatment which was not different significantly from those of the control (P ≥ 0.05). According to the results, these amino acids can used as food stimulants in diet of common carp.