48709

Role of dietary L-carnitine supplements on improving of reproductive performance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

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Studies on the effect of dietary L-carnitine supplements on reproductive performance for Oreochromis niloticus are scarce. A Seven months feeding trial was undertaken to examine four L-carnitine levels (control, 300, 600 and 900 mg kg 1 diet) on the reproductive performance for Oreochromis niloticus females and their fries during whole hatching season. A 120 females for were randomly distributed into 4 ponds (30 females per pond) represent four treatments and 4 ponds for the fry produced. During of this study, the reproductive traits for females and growth performance for fries were recorded. It was found that the dietary L-carnitine supplementation at all levels (300, 600 and 900 mg-1kg) significantly (P<0.01) increased all reproductive performance parameters (females weight (FW), total egg weight per female (EW/F), egg weight (g) per gm of body weight (EW/GF), Absolute and relative fecundity (ABS) and (REL), The ratio of number of eggs / one gram of egg (NE/GE), Hatchability percentage (Hat%), Fry number per fish (FN/F) and Fry number per gram of female body weight (FN/GF)), also, increased all growth  performance parameters for fries produced (body weight, daily weight gain and specific growth rate). and improved feed conversion ratio (FCR) and protein efficiency ratio (PER).

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10.21608/ejabf.2019.48709

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L-carnitine, reproductive performance, Growth performance, Nile tilapia, O. niloticus

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Ahmed

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F. Fath El-Bab

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Mostafa

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M. El-Moghazy

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Mohammed

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A. A. Mostafa

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Nayera

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M. S. El-Dweny

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23

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3

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5690

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2019-07-01

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2019-08-21

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2019-09-20

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589

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598

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1110-6131

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2536-9814

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Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries

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Role of dietary L-carnitine supplements on improving of reproductive performance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

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22 Jan 2023