A Comparative Evaluation of Carcass Quality, Nutritional Value, and Consumer Preference of Oreochromis niloticus from Two Impoundments with Different Pollution Levels in Zimbabwe

Table 2

Carcass quality of Oreochromis niloticus from Lake Kariba and Lake Chivero.

	Lake Chivero		Lake Kariba
Variable	June	October	June	October	s.e.
Condition factor	1.8	2.0	2.1	2.2	0.047
Hepatosomatic index	0.96	1.23	1.03	0.76	0.112
Dressing index	89.4	88.3	86.7	84.8	0.971
Fillet yield	38.2	38.9	35.5	32.0	0.858

Least square means with similar superscripts within rows are not significantly different (p>0.05).