Table 3.
Proximate composition of the whole body of red hybrid tilapia fed with different experimental feed for 12 weeks. Data are presented in mean ± SEM, n = 9 fish per treatment.
| Proximate composition (%) | Initial | Diets |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4.0% | ||
| Moisture | 76.21 | 77.07 ± 0.50 | 77.16 ± 0.50 | 76.35 ± 1.27 | 76.70 ± 0.52 | 77.01 ± 0.79 |
| Protein | 61.40 | 70.60 ± 0.51 | 70.97 ± 0.56 | 71.43 ± 1.22 | 70.80 ± 0.31 | 71.23 ± 0.75 |
| Lipid | 4.32 | 6.67 ± 0.03 | 7.98 ± 0.55 | 7.89 ± 1.36 | 7.42 ± 0.56 | 7.21 ± 0.76 |
| Ash | 25.55 | 14.17 ± 0.83 | 14.37 ± 0.53 | 15.11 ± 1.30 | 13.93 ± 0.49 | 13.90 ± 0.45 |