Growth performance and feed utilization response of Oreochromis niloticus X Oreochromis aureus hybrids to L-carnitine measured over a full fattening cycle under commercial conditions

Aquaculture

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 313-322

  Becker, Klaus ^a   Schreiber, Simone ^a   Angoni, Chaim ^b   Blum, René ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^c LONZA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Feed conversion; Growth; L Carnitine; Oreochromis niloticus x Oreochromis aureus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; AQUACULTURE; CARNITINE; GROWTH; HYBRID; OREOCHROMIS AUREUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0033586650     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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