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 zero
Methanolic extract of FS (%)
value
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
Moisture
75.78
75.81 ± 0.16a
74.87 ± 0.11b
75.02 ± 0.13ab
74.95 ± 0.23ab
74.58 ± 0.21b
0.018
Dry matter
24.22
24.19 ± 0.22b
25.13 ± 0.06ab
24.98 ± 0.073ab
25.05 ± 0.17ab
25.42 ± 0.16a
0.0364
Crude protein
13.08
13.11 ± 0.17ab
12.88 ± 0.12b
13.33 ± 0.133ab
13.61 ± 0.18ab
13.68 ± 0.16a
0.0381
Crude fat
2.58
2.60 ± 0.26
2.61 ± 0.16
2.64 ± 0.19
2.69 ± 0.14
2.680 ± 0.12
0.9948
Ash
3.8
3.89 ± 0.21
3.83 ± 0.06
3.85 ± 0.1
3.62 ± 0.04
3.780 ± 0.1
0.137
Carbohydrate
4.75
4.63 ± 0.12
4.89 ± 0.12
4.40 ± 0.11
4.30 ± 0.16
4.080 ± 0.16
0.0513
Means within each raw of different superscripts are significantly different at .
