In: Aquaculture ISBN: 978 - 1 - 63485 - 563 - 1
Editor: Joanne G. Buchanan © 201 6 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Chapter 4
EFFECTS OF PROTEIN, LIPID, FEEDING
LEVELS AND THEIR INTERACTION
ON GROWTH, BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
AND HAEMATOLOGY OF MONOSEX NILE
TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS L.)
Safina Musa1,, Christopher Mulanda Aura^2
and Rodrick Kundu^3
(^1) Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute,
Sang’oro Aquaculture Research Station, Pap-Onditi, Kenya
(^2) Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya
(^3) Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project – Phase II,
Kisumu, Kenya
ABSTRACT
We investigated the causative effect of protein, lipid, feeding level
and their interaction on growth, biological parameters and haematology
of Oreochromis niloticus. Thus, O. niloticus (15.63 ± 0.40g mean
weight ± SD) were reared at two different levels of protein (25% and
35%), two levels of lipid (8% and 12%) and three levels of feeding
(100%, 70% and 50%) for 8 weeks. Higher weight gain % (WG%), Corresponding author: Email: [email protected], Tel.: +254717628566.