Table 7  Histomorphometric of muscle fibers of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) reared for 8 weeks and fed on normal and high fat diets supplemented with low and high dose of clenbuterol at both level of dietary fat.

From: Assessing clenbuterol’s modulation of metabolic and inflammatory pathways in Nile tilapia (Oreochromas niloticous) fed high fat diet

Parameters

F6Clen0

F6CLen5

F6Clen10

F12Clen0

F12Clen5

F12Clen10

p value of two-way ANOVA

Fat

Clenbuterol

Interaction

Count (n)

567 ± 25.38b

767.78 ± 11.85a

803.56 ± 9.04a

537.89 ± 28.12b

548.44 ± 38.58b

577.67 ± 37.07b

< 0.0001

0.0001

0.0021

Total area (µm2)

16,742.24 ± 794.06b

22,344.73 ± 443.08a

23,400.22 ± 299.87a

15,748.05 ± 1221.6b

16,715.73 ± 1580.90b

16,448.15 ± 930.45b

0.0019

< 0.0001

0.0161

Average size(µm2)

29.50 ± 0.32

29.09 ± 0.25

29.12 ± 0.21

29.1 ± 0.82

30.30 ± 1.17

28.55 ± 0.52

0.4623

0.9000

0.3702

Area (%)

25.79 ± 0.54b

30.37 ± 0.29a

31.12 ± 0.27a

24.92 ± 0.76b

25.73 ± 1.06b

25.15 ± 0.31b

< 0.0001

0.0002

0.0012