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Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017

  • A Comparative Study of Growth, Feed Utilization and Gonad Development of Diploid and Triploid Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

    Magdy Soltan, Mohamed Hassaan

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 1-6
    Received: 28 January 2017
    Accepted: 15 February 2017
    Published: 01 March 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.gct.20170201.11
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    Abstract: A 16 week experiment was conducted to evaluate growth performances, gonads development, carcass and proximate analysis of diploid and triploid Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. Triploid were induced by inhibiting the second polar body formation in fertilized eggs using heat chock. Newly hatched fry were transferred into reared in 5 liter aquaria... Show More