Incorporating date pits Phoenix dactylifera and their sprouts in semi-purified diets for nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.)

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 452-459

  Belal, Ibrahim E H ^a,b   Al Owafeir, M A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH CULTURE; GROWTH RATE;

ANIMALIA; FRAXINUS; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PHOENIX; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; TILAPIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 12844270565     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2004.tb00110.x     Document Type: Article

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