Research Article

Dietary Methanolic Extract of Fenugreek Enhanced the Growth, Haematobiochemical, Immune Responses, and Resistance against Aeromonas hydrophila in Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Table 5

Whole body composition analysis (mean ± SEM) of Nile tilapia at zero-day and after 90 days of feeding on methanolic extract of fenugreek seed (FS).

Proximate composition (%)At day zeroMethanolic extract of FS (%) value
00.050.10.150.2

Moisture75.7875.81 ± 0.16a74.87 ± 0.11b75.02 ± 0.13ab74.95 ± 0.23ab74.58 ± 0.21b0.018
Dry matter24.2224.19 ± 0.22b25.13 ± 0.06ab24.98 ± 0.073ab25.05 ± 0.17ab25.42 ± 0.16a0.0364
Crude protein13.0813.11 ± 0.17ab12.88 ± 0.12b13.33 ± 0.133ab13.61 ± 0.18ab13.68 ± 0.16a0.0381
Crude fat2.582.60 ± 0.262.61 ± 0.162.64 ± 0.192.69 ± 0.142.680 ± 0.120.9948
Ash3.83.89 ± 0.213.83 ± 0.063.85 ± 0.13.62 ± 0.043.780 ± 0.10.137
Carbohydrate4.754.63 ± 0.124.89 ± 0.124.40 ± 0.114.30 ± 0.164.080 ± 0.160.0513

Means within each raw of different superscripts are significantly different at .