Effect of Canola Oil and of Beef Fat Coated Commercial Extruded Diets on Growth Performance of Red Hybrid Tilapia (Mutant Pink Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus e X Wild Blue Tilapia 0. aureus y) Juveniles

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S. Appelbaum
A. Jesu Arockiarar

Abstract





A 45 (lay feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of canola oil and of beef fat










coated commercial extruded diet on the growth performance of red hybrid tilapia (mutant pink Nile tilapia










°reach/inky niloricus










,4" X wild blue tilapia










0. mucus ?)










juveniles. The red hybrid tilapia with initial










weight ranges between 2.4 and 3.4 g were reared in a fresh water re -circulation system (water flow: 0.5










Limin) at 30° C and 0.2 - 0.4 ppt temperature and salinity respectively. The extiuded diet that was coated










with three different concentrations










viz.,










5%, 10% and 20% of canola oil and of beef fat. The canola oil










and heel fat coated diets were given










ad libitum










to red hybrid tilapia at 09.00, 13.00 and 17.00 h daily. The










control diet was not sprayed with any lipid sources. All the treatments showed better survival (100%).










The best specific growth rate (P < 0.05) and feed conversion ratio were observed in the 5% canola oil










coated diet. When comparing the canola oil and beef fat coated diets, canola oil coated diets performed






better than the beef fat coated diets on fish

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Appelbaum, S., & Jesu Arockiarar, A. (2008). Effect of Canola Oil and of Beef Fat Coated Commercial Extruded Diets on Growth Performance of Red Hybrid Tilapia (Mutant Pink Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus e X Wild Blue Tilapia 0. aureus y) Juveniles. Malaysian Journal of Science, 27(2), 33–38. Retrieved from http://jice.um.edu.my/index.php/MJS/article/view/9156
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