Inland saline culture of GIFT (Oreochromis niloticus) juveniles: effect of graded levels of lipid on growth and haemato-biochemical responses

• Published in: Tropical animal health and production 2024-11, Vol.56 (8), p.332, Article 332
• Main Authors: Mannur, Vijayakumar Sidramappa, Shamna, Naseemashahul, Sardar, Parimal, Sahu, Narottam Prasad, Kumar, Pankaj, Paul, Mritunjoy, Jana, Prasanta, Chuphal, Nisha, Krishna, Gopal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animal Feed - analysis; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - drug effects; Animals; Aquaculture; Aquaculture - methods; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cholesterol; Cichlids - growth & development; Conversion ratio; Diet - veterinary; Dietary Fats - administration & dosage; Dietary Fats - analysis; Feed conversion; Feed efficiency; Fish; Globulins; Juveniles; Life Sciences; Lipids; Lipids - analysis; Lipids - blood; Minors; Proteins; Random Allocation; Regression analysis; Regression models; Regular Articles; Saline water; Salinity; Serum albumin; Tilapia; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Weight Gain - drug effects; Zoology
• ISSN: 0049-4747; 1573-7438; 1573-7438
• DOI: 10.1007/s11250-024-04194-6

60-days trial was performed to study the effect of inland saline water (ISW) at 10ppt salinity on lipid requirement of Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) juveniles. Six purified iso-nitrogenous (37% crude protein) and hetero-caloric (380–430 Kcal DE/100 g) diets having graded levels of dietary lipid viz., 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14% were prepared. Two hundred and seventy acclimated GIFT juveniles (1.90 ± 0.1 g) were randomly distributed (15 fish per 300 L tank) into six different treatments viz., T4, T6, T8, T10, T12 and T14 in triplicates. The increase in dietary lipid resulted in an increase in body lipid and a diminution in moisture levels in fish. There was a significant ( p