Dietary taurine enhances growth and feed utilization in larval Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed soybean meal-based diets

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 457-464

  Al Feky, S S A ^a   El Sayed, A F M ^a   Ezzat, A A ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Feed utilization; Growth; Larvae; Nile tilapia; Soybean meal; Taurine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960462173     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: 13652095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anu.12266     Document Type: Article

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