Kenan Koprucu
Faculty of Fisheries, University of Firat, 23119, Elazig, Turkey
Pinar Tatli Seven
Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Firat, 23119, Elazig, Turkey
Gulizar Tuna
Faculty of Fisheries, University of Firat, 23119, Elazig, Turkey
ABSTRACT
Apparent Digestibility Coefficients (ADC) of protein in anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), corn (Zea mays) gluten, soybean (Glycine hispida), gammarid (Gammarus kischineffensis) and crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus leptodactylus) exoskeleton meals was determined for juvenile Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. In each of five trials, a reference diet was mixed with test ingredients in a 70:30 ratio to produce a series of test diets. Chromic oxide was added as a marker to the reference diet. The ADC for protein were; anchovy (90.2%), corn gluten (88.5%), soybean (87.6%), gammarid (76.3%) and crayfish exoskeleton (70.9%) meals (p<0.05 for each case, except for anchovy, corn gluten and soybean meals). The results of the study indicated that O. niloticus may efficiently utilise gammarid and crayfish exoskeleton meals as dietary protein source, like anchovy, corn gluten and soybean meals.
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Kenan Koprucu, Pinar Tatli Seven and Gulizar Tuna, 2004. Apparent Digestibility Coefficients of Protein in Selected Feedstuffs for Juvenile Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1758). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 7: 2173-2176.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2004.2173.2176
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2004.2173.2176
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2004.2173.2176
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2004.2173.2176
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