An attempt to improve the reproductive efficiency of Nile tilapia brood stock fish

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1097-1104

  Abdelhamid, Abdelhamid M ^a   Mehrim, Ahmed I ^a   El Barbary, Manal I ^b   El Sharawy, Mohamed A ^a  

^a Faculty of Agriculture Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brood stock; Feed additives; Nile tilapia; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CICHLID; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BREEDING; CICHLIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 78249282282     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-010-9387-6     Document Type: Article

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