EVALUATION OF SESAME MEAL AS A DIETARY PROTEIN SOURCE FOR NILE TILAPIA (Orecohromis niloticus) fiNGERLINGS | ||||
| Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 29, Issue 12, December 2004, Page 6887-6897 PDF (3.12 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2004.239475 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| A. M. Abd Elhamid,1; M. F. I. Salam2; A. E. Tolan2 | ||||
| 1Department of Animal Production, Fac. Agric., Mansoura Univ. | ||||
| 2Centeral Laboratory for Aquaculture Research, Abbassa-Sakha Aquaculture Research Unit. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| A laboratory growth trial, carcass composition and muscular size were conducted to evaluate the suitability of sesame meal as dietary protein sources for Nile tilapia fingerlings. Four experimental diets were formulated to substitute different levels of soybean meal protein (0, 10, 20 and 30%) with sesame meal protein. All diets were isonitrogenous (26% protein) and isocaloric (4500 kcal GE/kg OM) and offered for 10 weeks. The results showed that there was no significant (P>0.05) variation in the observed growth responses and feed conversion rations between fish group fed on the control diet and those fed on the diet containing 10% sesame meal. Fish muscular size was significantly affected by the source of dietary protein as well as the level of its inclusion. Dietary sesame meal inclusion led to earlier sexual ripeness and bigger fry. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Tilapia; Sesame meal; Performance; Feed utilization; Organs indices; Muscular area | ||||
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