Insight Into Dietary Utilization of African Palm Weevil

The quest to reduce dependency on fish- or vegetable-based oil resources has prompted aquaculture experts to intensify their search for a suitable and sustainable alternative for aquafeed production. Based on this reality, the current study was designed to evaluate the dietary influence of African p...

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Published in:Aquaculture research 2024-11, Vol.2024
Main Authors: Fawole, Femi J, Yusuf, Yusuf O, Tiamiyu, Lateef O, Arawore, Orighomisan N, Akinlabi, Praise B, Jimoh, Omoshalewa H, Adeyemi, Kazeem D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biochemistry
Biological products
C-reactive protein
Growth
Lipid peroxidation
Low density lipoproteins
Lysozyme
Soybean
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Summary:The quest to reduce dependency on fish- or vegetable-based oil resources has prompted aquaculture experts to intensify their search for a suitable and sustainable alternative for aquafeed production. Based on this reality, the current study was designed to evaluate the dietary influence of African palm weevil oil (PWO) on the growth performance, serum biochemistry, lipid peroxidation products, antioxidant enzyme response, and organ integrity of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) juveniles. Four diets were formulated, wherein the control diet was prepared using soybean oil (SO) as the main dietary oil source and was replaced with PWO in the treatment diets at 50% (PWO-50), 75% (PWO-75), or 100% (PWO-100). A total of 180 African catfish (average weight: 18.76±0.043) were randomly stocked at 15 fish per 50-L tank in triplicate and hand-fed to apparent satiation twice daily for 45 days. The results showed that the highest weight gain (WG), specific growth rate (SGR), and thermal growth coefficient (TGC) were found in control (SO)-fed fish, which is similar to the PWO 50% but differs significantly from others (p
ISSN:1355-557X
DOI:10.1155/are/4580197