EFFECT OF THE VITAMIN E IN COMMERCIAL FEED CONTAINING GLUTATHIONE ON HISTOLOGY LIVER AND GONADS OF KISSING GOURAMI FISH

Abstract

Kissing gourami fish is one of the swamp fish in South Kalimantan. Vitamin E is a micronutrient with important role for reproduction, the addition vitamin E for gonad maturation in Kissing gourami fish still not done. This research aims to determine the optimal dose of Vitamin E in commercial feed containing glutathione for the liver and gonads of Kissing gourami fish and to determine the histology of the liver and gonads of Kissing gourami fish. This research was conducted at the Puja Kesuma fish pond, Sungai Sipai Irrigation, Martapura Sub-District, Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan Province, with a rearing time of ± 5 weeks. The design used in this research was a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 3 replications with the following treatments: A (Dose 0 mg/Kg Vitamin E), B (Dose 300 mg/Kg Vitamin E), C (Dose 500 mg/Kg), mg/Kg Vitamin E), D (Dose 700 mg/Kg Vitamin E). Research shows that vitamin E did not significantly affect the parameters of HSI, GSI, egg diameter, and fecundity, while the histological observations of the liver and gonads found the effect of vitamin E. In liver histology, liver cell damage was found, while in gonad histology, oocyte patterns were found in phases 1-4.

Keywords

• kissing gourami fish
• vitamin e
• feed
• histology
• liver
• gonad