Parameter                                                        Treatment                                Recovery.

Wight gain (g)                                                           D1                                        5.30 ±  0.60a
                                                                             D2                                        3.67 ± 2.97a
                                                                             D3                                         0.83 ± 1.87a
               
Feed Conversion Ratio                                          D1                                         0.26 ± 0.03a
                                                                             D2                                        1.60 ± 0.85a
                                                                             D3                                        0.28 ± 0.37a
Specific Growth Rate                                             D1                                        0.14 ± 0.03a
(% day –1)                                                            D2                                        0.09 ± 0.02a
                                                                             D3                                         0.02 ± 0.05a
Condition factor (%)                                              D1                                        1.54 ± 0.02a
                                                                             D2                                        1.39 ± 0.01b
                                                                             D3                                        1.43 ± 0.02b
Hepatosomatic Index (%)                                      D1                                        1.24 ± 0.02a
                                                                             D2                                        1.65 ± 0.02bc
                                                                             D3                                        1.84 ± 0.03d
Mean Ration Size                                                  D1                                         0.90 ± 0.04a
(% body weight)                                                    D2                                        0.90 ± 0.03a
                                                                             D3                                         0.89 ± 0.06a      

*Data are means ± S.E (n 3 per value), except for ration size where n= number of daily ration size
Letters with the same subscript in the same column are not significant (p>0.05)
Table 6: Growth and Nutritional Performance of common carp fed control diet for 21 days.