Growth and Stress Axis Responses to Dietary Cholesterol in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Brackish Water

Six isonitrogenous and isocaloric diets were formulated to contain 0% (control), 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.6, or 2.4% dietary cholesterol and fed to juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) (2.20 ± 0.12 g) twice daily to apparent satiation for 8 weeks in triplicate at a salinity of 16. Fish fed 0.4% cho...

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Main Authors: Chang Xu, Erchao Li, Zhixin Xu, Yujie Su, Minghui Lu, Jian G. Qin, Liqiao Chen, Xiaodan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.00254/full