The use of leucaena leaf meal in feeding Nile tilapia

Aquaculture International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-18

  Osman, M F ^a,d   Eglal Omar, A ^b   Nour, A M ^c  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Feed utilization; Growth performance; Leucaena leaf meal; Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.)

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0030046555     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00175217     Document Type: Article

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