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Effects of chitosan nanoparticles on survival, growth and meat quality of tilapia, Oreochromis nilotica.
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PMID:  21039183     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Abstract To evaluate the effect of dietary chitosan and chitosan nanoparticles on survival rate, growth performance and meat quality of tilapia (Oreochromis nilotica) under laboratory conditions, fish were fed with these compounds both at 5.0 g kg(-1) of diet for a period of 60 days. The addition of chitosan nanoparticles (T-2) significantly improved (P < 0.05) final weight, daily weight gain (DWG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) compared to fish fed chitosan containing diet (T-1) and basal diet (control). However, there were no significant differences in final weight, DWG and FCR between T-1 and control. As for crude fat, the lowest content (P < 0.05) was found in T-2. In addition, a significant increase (P < 0.05) in inosinic acid content was found in T-2 compared with T-1 and control. These results indicate that dietary chitosan nanoparticles supplementation improved the growth performance and meat quality status of tilapia.
Authors:
Yanbo Wang; Jianrong Li
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-11-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nanotoxicology     Volume:  5     ISSN:  1743-5404     ISO Abbreviation:  Nanotoxicology     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-08-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101233132     Medline TA:  Nanotoxicology     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  425-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Food Safety of Zhejiang Province, Food Quality and Safety Department , Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou , P. R. China.
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