The use of caraway seed meal as a feed additive in fish diets: Growth performance, feed utilization, and whole-body composition of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) fingerlings

Aquaculture

Volumn 314, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 110-114

  Ahmad, Mohammad H ^a   Abdel Tawwab, Mohsen ^a  

^a Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Caraway seeds; Feed utilization; Growth performance; Medical plants; Nile tilapia; Whole body composition

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CICHLID; FISH CULTURE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PROTEIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT;

CARUM CARVI; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 79952739034     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.01.030     Document Type: Article

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