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Improved Growth Performance, Innate Immune Response, and Gut Microbes by Dietary Inclusion of Polyphenol Rich Agricultural Waste in Hybrid Tilapias

Improved Growth Performance, Innate Immune Response, and Gut Microbes by Dietary Inclusion of Polyphenol Rich Agricultural Waste in Hybrid Tilapias

Aulia Kanwal1, Rehana Kausar2, Muhammad Asif Gondal1* and Chi Chen3

1Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan 
2Aquaculture and Fisheries Program, Animal Sciences Institute, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan 
3Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, St Paul, MN 55455-0213
 
*      Corresponding author: [email protected]

Fig. 1.

Chromatographs of rice husk, corn cobs and sugar cane bagase showing peaks of phenolic compounds.

Fig. 2.

A, Total length measured (cm) at an interval of 13 days. B, Weight measured (g) at an interval of 13 days. * = p ˂ 0.03, ** = p ˂ 0.002, *** = p ˂ 0.0002, **** = p ˂ 0.0001. For abbreviations see Table I.

Fig. 3.

A, Length increase % = Final length - Initial length/ Initial length × 100); B, Relative growth rate (RGR) = Final weight - Initial weight/Initial weight × 100 (Lugert et al., 2016) * = p ˂ 0.03, ** = p ˂ 0.002, *** = p ˂ 0.0002, **** = p ˂ 0.0001. For abbreviations see Table I.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

November

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56

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