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Effect of dietary L-arginine on growth performance and physiological responses of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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ANIMAL PRODUCTION

Abstract

A feeding trial was conduct to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of L-arginine on growth performance, feed utilization, hemato-biochemical parameters and hepatic antioxidant enzymes activity of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus for 70 days. Three isonitrogenous and isocaloric diets (310.9 g kg-1 crude protein and 18.93 MJ kg-1 gross energy) were formulated. Each diet was supplemented with L-arginine at levels; 0.0 (control), 4.0 and 8.0 g kg–1 diet. After 70 days the obtained results were as following, the highest weight gain, specific growth rate, protein efficiency ratio and the best feed conversion ratio were recorded in fish fed 8 g L-arginine kg–1 diet. As well as, the addition of L-arginine significantly (P < 0.05) improved hemoglobin, hematocrit, red blood cells, white blood cells and total protein values compared with the control diet. On the other hand, the addition of L-arginine significantly (P < 0.05) decreased values of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase in fish fed 8 g L-arginine kg–1 diet. Also, the addition of L-arginine significantly (P < 0.05) enhanced the hepatic superoxide dismutase activity and total antioxidant capacity level while; malondialdehyde concentration was significantly (P < 0.05) decreased with addition of L-arginine up to 8.0 g kg–1 diet. Based on the obtained findings, it could be conclude that the valuable impacts of addition L-arginine up to 8.0 g kg–1 diet in enhancement the growth performance, feed utilization hemato-biochemical parameters and hepatic antioxidant enzymes activity of Nile tilapia O. niloticus.

DOI

10.21608/assjm.2024.283918.1275

Keywords

tilapia, Amino acids, L-arginine, physiological responses

Authors

First Name

Amina

Last Name

Kamal

MiddleName

Yehia

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, 13736, Egypt.

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aminayehia88@gmail.com

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First Name

mohamed

Last Name

hassaan

MiddleName

shaban

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, 13736, Egypt.

Email

mohamed.hassaan@fagr.bu.edu.eg

City

Qalyubia

Orcid

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Mohammady

MiddleName

Youssef

Affiliation

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) Egypt

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dreman2529@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-4684-7405

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Elashry

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, 13736, Egypt.

Email

mohamed.elashry@fagr.bu.edu.eg

City

Toukh

Orcid

-

First Name

Abdelkarim

Last Name

El-Sayed

MiddleName

Ibrahim Mohamed

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, 13736, Egypt.

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abdelkarim_54@yahoo.com

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62

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1

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47575

Issue Date

2024-03-01

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2024-04-20

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2024-03-01

Page Start

77

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84

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1110-0419

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2974-4830

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387,315

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Original Article

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841

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Publication Title

Annals of Agricultural Science, Moshtohor

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https://assjm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of dietary L-arginine on growth performance and physiological responses of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

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24 Dec 2024