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Table 4 Muscle biochemical composition in Nile tilapia fed the experimental diets at 8 weeks

From: Effects of replacing fish oil with palm oil in diets of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) on muscle biochemical composition, enzyme activities, and mRNA expression of growth-related genes

Muscle composition (g/kg)

Experimental diets

p value

PO 0

PO 25

PO 50

PO 75

PO 100

Moisture

742.9 ± 13.5

743.7 ± 10.3

746.4 ± 1.40

748.3 ± 19.0

744.3 ± 33.0

0.3338

Protein

692.2 ± 43.3ab

672.6 ± 13.6a

696.6 ± 10.0ab

749.1 ± 16.5ab

760.0 ± 4.6b

0.0182

Lipid

94.8 ± 1.2

98.2 ± 3.8

95.4 ± 0.5

98.9 ± 7.4

91.5 ± 0.8

0.1073

Ash

47.8 ± 0.9

48.2 ± 4.3

48.1 ± 2.5

47.9 ± 2.9

48.6 ± 6.2

0.4071

  1. Values are mean ± SEM (n = 3). Means not bearing the same superscript letters in the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05)
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Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

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