| dc.creator | Silva,Fábio Marcello da | |
| dc.creator | Ferreira,Maria Leiliane Silva | |
| dc.creator | Cavalcante-Lucena,Jorge Eduardo | |
| dc.creator | Bicudo,Álvaro José de Almeida | |
| dc.date | 2018-09-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-03T13:28:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-03T13:28:24Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2018000400825 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/88476 | |
| dc.description | ABSTRACT The objective was to evaluate the effect of DL-carnitine levels on the growth and whole body and muscle composition of Nile tilapia fingerlings. A basal plant-based diet was supplemented with 0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 3000 and 4000 mg kg−1 of DL-carnitine hydrochloride in a completely randomized design (n = 3). Fish (initial weight 0.8 ± 0.01 g) was hand-feed daily into three meals until apparent satiety for 70 days. The growth parameters were not influenced (P > 0.05) by dietary DL-carnitine levels. Muscle lipid decreased (P < 0.05) in fish fed with diets supplemented with 3000 and 4000 mg kg−1 of DL-carnitine, but there was no effect (P > 0.05) on whole body lipid. These results with DL-carnitine is similar to other studies using pure L-carnitine. Thus, the use of DL-carnitine as a source of levocarnitine in Nile tilapia diets require future studies. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar | |
| dc.relation | 10.3856/vol46-issue4-fulltext-20 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Latin american journal of aquatic research v.46 n.4 2018 | |
| dc.subject | Nile tilapia | |
| dc.subject | feed additive | |
| dc.subject | fish nutrition | |
| dc.subject | lipid metabolism | |
| dc.title | DL-carnitine as supplementary levocarnitine source in plant-based diets to Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings | |
