Effects of Dietary Enzyme Supplement on Growth of Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata L., 1758)

This study was carried out to find out the effects of supplements, mixed bacterial enzyme, added to feed intensified with soy bean meal (40%), on the growth rate of sea bream and the composition of its flesh. In the study, 220 sea bream, approximately 86.94 +/- 1.77g, were randomly divided into two groups which have two replicate. The study lasted 14 weeks. Throughout the course of the experiment, the length and weight measurements were fulfilled every two weeks. For the experimental and control groups the initial masses were 86.5 +/- 2.54 g and 87.5 +/- 2.44 g, respectively, and the final masses were 126.8 +/- 3.15 g and 124.1 +/- 2.33 g, respectively. Nevertheless, no difference was found out between the groups (P > 0.05).