Efficacy of an Insect-Based Diet with Addition of Probiotics on Growth, Proximate Composition, Enzymatic Efficiency, and Immune Response of Nile Tilapia
Muhammad Naveed,
Abdul Mateen,
Dureshahwar
et al.
Abstract:Insects are potential alternative protein sources to replace fish meal (FM) in aqua feed. The role of insect species as replacements in the aqua industry has been a hot debate in the current era. The present study evaluated the influence of FM replacement with insect-based meals (black soldier fly (BSF) and maggot fly) in the feed of Nile tilapia. Eight diets with graded replacement levels of FM were formulated along with basal diet as T0 (control group having basal diet), T1 (25% maggot meal (MM) with 2% prob… Show more
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