Table 4 Mineral status of O. niloticus fed with 2% BC supplementation.
Test diets | BC | Ca | Na | P | Cu | Zn | Fe | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | CON | 36.15 ± 3.1c | 33.84 ± 0.51ab | 38.99 ± 3.12d | 48.52 ± 2.72e | 43.75 ± 1.67e | 49.55 ± 1.1e | 39.43 ± 0.52bc |
II | CSBC | 50.79 ± 2.5b | 26.56 ± 13.6b | 58.04 ± 0.44b | 61.55 ± 2.20b | 58.15 ± 0.85b | 63.52 ± 0.6b | 47.64 ± 14.78ab |
III | WSBC | 43.95 ± 1.1b | 31.88 ± 7.28ab | 54.89 ± 0.89b | 57.53 ± 0.50c | 53.91 ± 1.04c | 60.70 ± 0.5c | 46.27 ± 8.27abc |
IV | CCBC | 56.81 ± 1.0a | 52.61 ± 3.61b | 66.32 ± 0.35a | 66.21 ± 1.17a | 68.92 ± 0.74a | 68.87 ± 1.6a | 61.07 ± 3.53a |
V | HWBC | 15.48 ± 3.7e | 19.17 ± 6.63b | 33.16 ± 2.91e | 40.02 ± 3.20g | 33.98 ± 1.94g | 41.27 ± 1.7g | 25.89 ± 5.03c |
VI | GWBC | 23.82 ± 3.6d | 27.14 ± 2.35b | 33.92 ± 1.80e | 40.63 ± 1.85f | 37.93 ± 1.02f | 44.50 ± 1.4f | 26.58 ± 8.60c |
VII | GwBC | 47.84 ± 0.6b | 17.89 ± 9.49b | 49.36 ± 0.65c | 51.54 ± 1.04d | 51.42 ± 0.21d | 51.24 ± 0.7d | 52.47 ± 0.29ab |