Inshin OV, Miroshnikova EP, Arinzhanov AЕ.

Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025. Vol. 108. No. 2. Р. 143-155.

doi:10.33284/2658-3135-108-2-143

 

Original article

Experience of using activated carbon and phytobiotics in growing rainbow trout in cage farming conditions

 

Oleg V Inshin1, Elena P Miroshnikova2, Azamat Е Arinzhanov3

1 Federal Research Centre for Biological Systems and Agrotechnologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Orenburg, Russia

2,3Orenburg State University, Orenburg, Russia

1oleg0_0_0@bk.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5200-4298

2elenaakva@rambler.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3804-5151

3arin.azamat@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6534-7118

Abstract.  The development of effective fish feeding methods is an important aspect for the successful development of aquaculture. The search and introduction of new biologically active additives can increase the productivity of aquaculture facilities and the profitability of production. The paper presents the results of a study on the effectiveness of the use of activated carbon and the phytobiotic drug HerbaStor in feeding rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the conditions of the cage farm of “Irikla – fish” LLC. A growth-stimulating effect has been established when activated carbon is added to the fish diet both separately and in combination with HerbaSter. When activated carbon was added, an increase in the live weight of fish by 16.4% (P≤0.05) was noted, and when activated carbon and HerbaStor were combined into the diet, an increase in the live weight of fish by 7.2% was recorded, relative to the control. The lowest values of the feed coefficient were noted in the I and III experimental groups: 1.07 and 1.09, respectively. It has been established that feeding activated carbon and herbastor in the diet is associated with an increase in the safety of trout during the growing period. The analysis of hematological parameters of fish showed an increase in the number of platelets in groups I and III by 142.1% (P£0.05) and 161.2% (P£0.05) and thrombocrite in groups I by 50.0% (P£0.05) and III by 75.0% (P£0.05). In all experimental groups, a decrease in the level of aspartate aminotransferase was found: in I – by 60.0% (P£0.05), II – by 41.6% (P£0.05), III – by 48.1% (P£0.05). In experimental groups I and III, there was a decrease in triglycerides by 77.7% (P≤0.05) and 56.7% (P≤0.05), respectively, relative to the control. In groups II and III, the level of iron in the blood was significantly higher than the control by 26.3% (P≤0.05) and 175.0% (P≤0.05), respectively. The chemical composition of the muscle tissue of group I fish was characterized by a high fat content - by 78.4% (P≤0.05) compared with the control.

Keywords: activated carbon, phytobiotics, aquaculture, trout, fish feeding, productivity

Acknowledgments: the  work  was  supported   by   the  Russian  Science  Foundation,  Project No. 23-76-10054.

For citation: Inshin OV, Miroshnikova EP, Arinzhanov AЕ. Experience of using activated carbon and phytobiotics in growing rainbow trout in cage farming conditions. Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025;108(2):143-155. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-108-2-143

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Information about the authors:

Oleg V Inshin, Postgraduate student of 2 year of study, Federal Research Centre for Biological Systems and Agrotechnologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 29, 9 Yanvarya St., Orenburg, 460000, tel: 8-987-793-88-70.

Elena P Miroshnikova, Dr. Sci. (Biology), Professor, Head of the Department of Biotechnology of Animal Raw Materials and Aquaculture, Orenburg State University, 13 Pobedy Ave, Orenburg, 460018, tel.: 8-987-862-98-86.

Azamat E Arinzhanov, Cand. Sci. (Agriculture), Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology of Animal Raw Materials and Aquaculture, Orenburg State University, 13 Pobedy Ave, Orenburg, 460018, tel.: 8-922-806-33-43.

The article was submitted 05.02.2025; approved after reviewing 07.05.2025; accepted for publication 16.06.2025.

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