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    Effects of dietary tribulus terrestris extract supplementation on growth, feed utilization, hematological, immunological, and biochemical variables of nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus
    (2014-01-01) Gültepe N.; Acar U.; Sabri Kesbiç O.; Yilmaz S.; Yildirim O.; Türker A.
    The present study was conducted for 88 days to evaluate the effect of dietary Tribulus terrestris supplementation on growth performance, feed utilization, and hematological, immunological, and biochemical indices of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. A total of 144 Nile tilapia, average body weight 2.61±0.35 g, were divided into four experimental treatments. There were three replicates of each treatment. Four isonitrogenous (40% CP) and isolipidic (10% CL) experimental diets contained T. terrestris extract at levels of 0, 200, 400 and 600 mg/kg respectively. Growth performance and feed utilization of Nile tilapia were significantly higher (p<0.05) in all treatment groups fed with T.terrestris extract supplemented diets than those fed the control diet. There were no significant differences between body composition of fish (p>0.05). Hematocrit, hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and myeloperoxidase variables were not significantly affected by herb extract (p>0.05). However, mean corpuscular volume (MCV) value and lysozyme activity increased with increasing T. terrestris extract (p<0.05). Serum albumin, total protein, and triglyceride levels were not affected by T. terrestris extract. Serum globulin and glucose levels increased and cholesterol levels decreased in Nile tilapia fed with herbal supplemented diets. The results of the present study suggest that Nile tilapia fed diets containing at least 400 mg/kg T. terrestris extract enhanced growth performance, feed utilization, hematological, immunological, and biochemical indices.
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    Effects of replacing fish meal with peanut meal (Arachis hypogaea) on growth, feed utilization and body composition of mozambique tilapia fries (Oreochromis mossambicus)
    (2014-01-01) Yildirim O.; Acar U.; Türker A.; Sunar M.; Kesbiç O.
    The study was to determine the effects of diets replacing fish meal (FM) with peanut meal (PNM) on feed utilization, growth performance and body composition of Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus, initial body weight 0.83±0.17 g). Five isonitrogenous (37% CP) and isolipidic (9% CL) experimental diets with 0% (PNM- 0), 10% (PNM-10), 20% (PNM-20), 30% (PNM-30) and 40% (PNM-40) of fish meal replaced with PNM. At the end of a 45 day feeding trial, PNM-10 and PNM-20 diets showed the best growth performance and feed evaluation. Higher dietary FM replacement negatively affected growth performance and feed evaluation. Our results at the end of the experiment showed that the replacement of FM by PNM in Mozambique tilapia diets does not affect body composition. In conclusion, these results indicate that the replacement of 20% dietary FM with PNM had no adverse effect on the growth performance, body composition parameters and general health of Mozambique tilapia fries (mean weight 0.8-3 g). Copyright 2014 Zoological Society of Pakistan.