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Dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) for finishing Nile tilapia

2010; Wiley; Volume: 17; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-2095.2009.00735.x

1365-2095

Lílian Dena dos Santos, Wilson Massamitu Furuya, Lílian Carolina Rosa da Silva, Makoto Matsushita, Tarcila Souza de Castro Silva,

Animal Nutrition and Physiology

A 8-week feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the nutritional value of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) for finishing Nile tilapia evaluating its effects on growth performance, whole body and filet compositions, fatty acid composition, plasma lipid parameters, filet texture, liquid loss and holding capacity. Triplicate groups of Nile tilapia were hand-fed until apparent satiation on diets in which CLA oil was supplemented at 0 (control), 5 or 10 g kg−1. No differences were observed on weight gain, feed intake, feed/gain ratio, protein efficiency ratio, hepatosomatic index, visceral fat, filet yield and survival between treatments. Fish-fed CLA diets had increased whole body crude protein and reduced filet lipid content. The total plasma cholesterol and triacylglycerol decreased with CLA supplementation. Neither 5 nor 10 g kg−1 dietary CLA improved liquid-holding capacity and filet texture when compared with fish fed the control diet. Fish-fed dietary CLA showed lower whole body and filet C18:3(n-6), C18:3(n-3) and C20:2(n-6) levels and higher levels of C18:0. CLA deposition in filet and whole body (16 mg–235 mg g−1 of tissue) are higher than presented in natural sources of CLA, proving to be a great product to increase CLA consumption by humans.