Tilapia are widely cultured in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world and constitute
the third largest group of farmed finfish, only after carps and salmonids, with an annual …

Microalgal biotechnology has gained considerable importance in recent decades and its
use is extending day by day into several areas like nutraceutical research, renewable …

Tilapia culture is currently practised in 95 countries all over the world and the number is
expected to increase. This book discusses in detail the principles and practices of tilapia …

The effects of total replacement of dietary fish meal (FM) with animal protein sources on the
growth, feed efficiency and profit indices of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), were …

The effects of dietary protein (25%, 30%, 35%, 40% and 45%) on growth, survival, feed
conversion ratio (FCR), protein efficiency ratio (PER) and body composition were …

A 12-week feeding trial was carried out with young red tilapia, a hybrid of Oreochromis
mossambicus and O. niloticus, with a mean weight of 1.185 g. Three series of isocaloric …

A 56-day feed trial was conducted to investigate the potential of rapeseed meal in practical
diets for juvenile tilapias. Six isonitrogenous (38% crude protein) and lipid and carbohydrate …

Two feeding experiments were conducted to evaluate if methionine is limiting in practical
grow‐out diets for tilapia, Oreochromis spp. Four diets containing 32% protein and 5% lipid …

The exponential growth of the aquaculture sector during the past two decades is a result of
the progressive intensification of production systems and use of quality feeds, which meet …

An in vivo digestibility trial and a feeding trial were conducted to determine the extent to
which heat treatment, nutritional quality, and palatability of hexane-extracted, defatted soy …