Abstract

To improve fish production and curb the losses from diseases occurring in fish farming, fish farmers resort to the use of phytogenic additives as growth promoters and health management to inhibit the growth of disease-causing organisms, to enhance food security. This study was undertaken to investigate the sustainable effect of the herbal mixture (date palm, tiger nut, thorn apple seed, maca root and snot apple) supplemented diets on health status and physiological responses of Clarias gariepinus at different levels of 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0% for 56 days. The experiment was based on a completely randomized design with each treatment having 20 C. gariepinus (mean weight 450± 0.04g), replicated twice and fed at 3% body biomass. The phytochemical screening of herbal plants, internal organs and morphometric traits of C. gariepinus were measured using standard methods.