GROWTH PERFORMANCE, FEED UTILIZATION AND GONAD DEVELOPMENT OF DIPLOID AND TRIPLOID NILE TILAPIA, OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS

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1 Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

2 World fish, Regional Research Center for Africa and West Asia, Abassa, Sharkia, Egypt

3 Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research at Abassa, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt

Abstract

A 16 week experiment was conducted to evaluate growth performances, gonads development, carcass and proximateanalysis of diploid and triploidNile tilapia, Oreochromisniloticus. Triploid were induced by inhibiting the second polar body formation in fertilized eggs using heat chock. Newly hatched fry were transferred and reared in 5 liter aquaria for three weeks and then transferred to 80 L indoor aquaria, provided with a recirculatedwater for 8 weeks. After the rearing period diploid and triploid fingerlings transferred into 300 liter tanks and fed 30% protein diet to apparent satiation. At the end of feeding trial (16 weeks), triploid O. niloticushad significant heaviest, longest and deepest bodies compared with diploids and the same trend was also observed for weight gain and specific growth rate. Triploid O. niloticus showed the best feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio compared to diploids.Gonado-somatic indices (GSI) of triploid males and females were significantly smaller than diploids. On the other hand,Hepato-somatic indices, (HSI) of triploid O. niloticusmales were larger than that of diploid with significant differences between the two groups. However, HSI of triploid females were smaller than that of diploid females but the differences were insignificant.Carcasses of triploids O. niloticushad the highest percentages of dressing and flesh and the lowestby-products compared to diploid.Also, triploid flesh contained the highest (P<0.05) percentages of fat and the lowest ash. Protein content and dry matter did not significantly (P>0.05) affected by ploidy induction in O. niloticus.

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