Potential of Amaranthus seeds in supplementary feed and its impact on growth in some carps

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-27

  Virk, P ^a   Saxena, P K ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amaranthus seeds; Feed; Fish

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FISH PONDS; VEGETABLE OILS;

FISH CULTURE;

SEED;

FISH; FOOD;

FEEDING; FISH;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FISH; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CARPS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ORYZA SATIVA; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMARANTHUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; LABEO; LABEO ROHITA;

EID: 0037210029     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00139-6     Document Type: Article

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