Received: 04-05-2020 / Accepted: 04-08-2020
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation of canthaxanthin extract derived from Paracoccus carotinifaciensVTP 20181 (bio-canthaxanthin) into diet for grow-out rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) on the growth performance and pigment of rainbow trout muscle. The experiment was performed with five treatments including four levels of canthaxanthin from rich bacterium P. carotinifaciens VTP 20181 as a feed for rainbow trout at 0, 25, 50, 75 mg/kg (CT0, CT25, CT50, CT75), respectively and a diet contained chemical canthaxanthin 40 mg/kg as the control diet (ĐC). After the time of 90 days of feeding trial, there was no significant difference in survival rate, growth performance and carcass composition of rainbow trout (P >0.05). The score of pigmentation in diet was added 50.75 mg/kg higher than that of in diet were added 0.25 mg/kg canthaxanthin but no significant with control (P >0.05) was found. Fish fed the diet contained 50 or 75 mg/kg of bio-canthaxanthin showed the same efficacy with the commercial diet.