- Turkish Journal of Zoology
- Vol: 23 Issue: 2
- The effects of methionine supplementation to soybean meal (SBM)-based diets on the growth and whole ...
The effects of methionine supplementation to soybean meal (SBM)-based diets on the growth and whole body-carcass chemical composition of tilapia (T. zillii)
Authors : Abdurrahman Polat
Pages : 173-178
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Publication Date : 9999-12-31
Article Type : Makaleler
Abstract :The effects of supplementing soybean meal-based diets with methionine on the growth and carcass-whole body chemical composition of T. zillii were studied during a 62-day feeding trial. A control diet prepared for T. zillii was supplemented with five different levels of free methionine, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2% and 2.5% (the same amounts of ?-cellulose were removed). At the end of the study, the best growth rate and FCR were determined in the group fed a diet supplemented with 0.5% methionine (total 1.38% methionine+cystine). Statistically significant effects of methionine supplementation on whole body protein content were determined (pKeywords : Tilapia zillii, methionine, soybean meal, whole body-carcass chemical composition