Evaluation of Cassia fistula meal as a replacement for soybean meal in practical diets of Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-104

  Adebayo, O T ^a   Fagbenro, O A ^a   Jegede, T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cassia fistula meal; Diets; Digestibility; Growth; Oreochromis niloticus; Soybean meal

Indexed keywords

CASSIA; CASSIA FISTULA; GLYCINE MAX; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; SENNA;

EID: 2342462801     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2095.2003.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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