Impact of Different Salinity Levels on Growing Performance, Food Conversion and Meat Quality of Red Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) Reared in Seawater Tanks

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Impact of Different Salinity Levels on Growing Performance, Food Conversion and Meat Quality of Red Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) Reared in Seawater Tanks

**Abdul Malik^1,2, Ghulam Abbas^1,*, Abdul Ghaffar³, Sara Ferrando⁴ and Lorenzo Gallus⁴**

Author Affiliations

¹Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

²Livestock and Fisheries Department, Directorate of Fisheries, Govt. of Sindh, Pakistan

³Department of Life Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

⁴Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

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Fig. 1.

Relationship between mean fish weight and time for fish reared at different salinity level.

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Fig. 2.

Length-weight relationship of red tilapia fingerlings Oreochromis sp. reared on different salinity levels (A, 15‰; B, 20‰; C, 25‰; D, 30‰; E, 35‰; F, 40‰).

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Fig. 3.

Blood smear of red tilapia fingerlings Oreochromis sp. reared on different salinity levels (A, 15‰; B, 20‰; C, 25‰; D, 30‰; E, 35‰; F, 40‰). Arrow, micronucleus (Giemsa stained: 1000X).

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MDWG

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WG % of IW

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FCR

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SGR

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