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.
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 |