author(s)
Hitesh Parmar, Sajidkhan Yusufzai, Prakash Parmar, Viral Bajaniya and Vanraj Chavda

abstract
The global adoption of Genetically Modified Farmed Tilapia as a substitute for all kinds of wild-caught fish has driven demand higher every year. Asparagus racemosus, commonly called Shatavari has antioxidant activity, anti-abortifacient activity, Antioxytoxic, hypoglycemic, hypertensive activity, anticoagulant activity, antiviral activity, anticancer. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of Shatavari on growth performance of Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT), fry. The mean initial and final length of GIFT fry fed with different levels (0.5, 1, 2, 5 %) of Shatavari were ranged between 2.1 ± 0.10 and 7.35 ± 0.19 cm and the average initial and final weight ranged between 1.64 ± 0.013 and 7.29 ± 0.031 gm respectively. The fish fed with Shatavari at a concentration of 10 gm/kg of feed showed an enhanced specific growth rate when compared with that of the control fish. It was recorded 0.074 ± 0.002, 0.087 ± 0.030, 0.098 ± 0.050, 0.092 ± 0.09 and 0.094 ± 0.10 in treatment ST0, ST1, ST2, ST3 and ST4 respectively. These results indicated that the addition Shatavari to fish feed at the rate of 10 g/kg of diet could enhance the growth of GIFT fry.